The Im/Possibility of Justice in the Current Global Order

Kiran Kaur Grewal

by polity.lk | Dec 10, 2025 | Justice

The Im/Possibility of Justice in the Current Global Order Kiran Kaur Grewal It is such an honour to deliver the 2025 Rajani Thiranagama Memorial Lecture.[1] Having worked in human rights for over 20 years, and in Sri Lanka since 2012, the name Rajani Thiranagama is a...

Safety is Not a Wall: Beyond Protection from Domestic Violence

Prasanna Pitigala Liyanage

by polity.lk | Oct 30, 2025 | Justice

Safety is Not a Wall: Beyond Protection from Domestic Violence Prasanna Pitigala Liyanage Call her N.The night she left, she packed her phone, her NIC, and a small bag.A friend waited in a trishaw.At the station, a statement; at court, a file; by morning, an order.A...

Reflecting Back and Looking Forward: 20 years since the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act

Thahira Cader & Raaya Gomez

by polity.lk | Oct 14, 2025 | Justice

Reflecting Back and Looking Forward: 20 years since the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act Thahira Cader & Raaya Gomez IntroductionOctober 3rd this year marks twenty years since the passing of the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, No. 34 of 2005 (PDVA) in Sri...

Family Law and Practice in Sri Lanka: Women’s Declaration

Suriya Women’s Development Centre

by polity.lk | Sep 23, 2025 | Justice

Family Law and Practice in Sri Lanka: Women’s Declaration Suriya Women’s Development Centre The Women’s Declaration on Family Law and Practice was officially submitted to Minister of Women and Child Affairs Saroja Savithri Paulraj, Minister of Justice and National...

Chemmani: Where the Soil Speaks, Where Memory Refuses Silence

Sakuna M. Gamage

by polity.lk | Aug 27, 2025 | Justice

Chemmani: Where the Soil Speaks, Where Memory Refuses Silence Sakuna M. Gamage The wind returns to the streetteeming with life and death. It hesitates a littleas it crosses the bridge. This wind knows of the dayswhen the water beneath the bridgeglinted in the...