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A Legal and Institutional Assessment of Sri Lanka's Justice System for Children
(Verité Research, 2017-08)
Justice for children encompasses legislation, policies, procedures and mechanisms specifically applicable to children who are victims (and witnesses) of crime and children in conflict with the law. UNICEF commissioned a ...
Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: A Monitoring Framework and Baseline Assessment
(Verité Research, 2017-12)
The methodology focuses on the online proactive disclosure of the central
government. The methodology is based on international good practice and on the requirements
for proactive disclosure set out under sections 8 and ...
The Limits of the Presidential Portfolio and its Implications for the Office on Missing Persons
(Verité Research, 2017-02)
The Nineteenth Amendment (19A) to the Constitution placed limitations on the powers of the Executive President. This briefing note will examine these limitations in the context of the President’s powers to assign subjects ...
Right To Information: Discourse and Compliance in Sri Lanka
(Verité Research, 2017-06)
This briefing paper discusses the process through which the RTI Act was drafted and enacted, and recommends strategies to ensure better compliance. It is presented in three sections. The first section chronicles the drafting ...