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Transitional justice interventions in Sri Lanka: why do they keep failing?

2024; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 24; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/14678802.2024.2346086

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Roshni Kapur,

Peacebuilding and International Security

How can a country meaningfully commit to transitional justice interventions when ethnocracy and majoritarianism remain deeply entrenched in its political, legal and constitutional structures? Despite the creation of several commissions of inquiry and other mechanisms over the years to deal with the past, including those set up during the civil war, transitional justice and reconciliation have not been an integral part of Sri Lanka's nation-building campaign and socio-cultural consciousness. Sri Lanka's transitional justice interventions have historically been top-down, state-driven and elitist that lacked wider consultations with various groups and take their interests and demands into account. The oscillation between different political parties and their domestic and foreign policy orientations have had little impact.