Browsing by Author "Esufally, Sabrina"
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Accepting e-documents with e-signatures: A small step for government, a giant leap for the country
Perera, Buddhika; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Esufally, Sabrina; Kapilan, Anushan (Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-02)The room for exporters to improve their competitiveness by reducing time to export is significantly constrained by the procedures and processing time imposed by Sri Lankan border agencies. Sri Lanka can improve the ... -
Facilitating the Registration of Trademarks: A Step towards Creating Internationally Recognised Sri Lankan Brands
Ekanayake, Anoji; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Sanguhan, Yajna; Esufally, Sabrina (Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-02)The Madrid Protocol is a simplified global system for registering trademarks abroad. It eases trademark registration abroad for Sri Lankan businesses. Sri Lanka was looking to complete accession to the Madrid Protocol by ... -
Judicial Responses to Religious Freedom: A Case Analysis
Esufally, Sabrina (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-09)This study examines a cross section of case law in order to assess how far Sri Lanka’s judiciary has been willing to go to uphold the freedom of religion. The report is presented in three parts. The first part sets out the ... -
A Legal and Institutional Assessment of Sri Lanka's Justice System for Children
Esufally, Sabrina; Gunatilleke, Gehan; Corea, Harindrini (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 ... -
The Limits of the Presidential Portfolio and its Implications for the Office on Missing Persons
Esufally, Sabrina (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 ... -
Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: A Monitoring Framework and Baseline Assessment
Wettimuny, Shamara; Esufally, Sabrina; Gunatilleke, Gehan (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 ... -
Right To Information: Discourse and Compliance in Sri Lanka
Esufally, Sabrina; Ferroggiaro, William (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 ...