Sri Lanka: Public Policy
Tamil Public Library, Jaffna
Politics/Public Policy (Sri Lanka)
- Amnesty International Sri LankaAI Sri Lanka site
- Asian Centre for Human RightsACHR, New Delhi
- Asian Human Rights Commission--Sri LankaAHRC Sri Lanka page
- Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA)Aimed at the dissemination and advocacy of policy alternatives for non-violent conflict resolution and democratic governance. Includes links to policy briefs and reports. Menu also links to CMEV (Centre for Monitoring Election Violence) reports.
- Council on Foreign Relations--Sri LankaAn independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.
- Dissidents and Activists in Sri Lanka, 1960s to 1990sDocuments the activity of a generation of Sri Lankan radical activists who, in their different ways, attempted to escape the claims of rival ethno-nationalisms and build alternative political and development projects, drawing on Marxism, Christian socialism, and feminism, among other inspirations.
- Human Rights Watch--Sri LankaSri Lanka country page
- Institute for Health PolicyAn independent, non-profit research institute that works to improve health systems and social policies in Sri Lanka and the wider region. Publications in pdf format include IHP Books, Research Studies Series, Working Papers Series, Project Reports, and external publications.
- Marga Institute--Centre for Development StudiesStarted as a civil society initiative in the early seventies, the institute explores policy alternatives to enable Sri Lanka to realize its full potential for human development. Includes some full text Marga documents.
- National Bureau of Asian Research--South AsiaSouth Asia region links
- Regional Centre for Strategic StudiesA South Asian regional think tank (established 1992), based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which supports research and learning on South Asian strategic and security issues. Includes links to publications (some full text).
- ReliefWeb--SingaporeDisaster and crisis updates and analysis.
- Smart Gateway to Government of Sri LankaNational portal of Sri Lanka
- U.K. Parliamentary PapersIncludes House of Commons sessional papers from 1715 to the present, with supplementary material back to 1688. Includes Records of proceedings, the Debates (Hansard), and the House of Commons journal; Sessional papers providing information to parliament on matters of policy and administration: Bills, House papers, and Command papers. Also includes those Papers of the House of Lords presented to the Commons, such as reports prepared by Lords Select Committees. Click on "find terms" link for subject delimiters, including an "India, Ceylon, Burma and Afghanistan" expandable subject category.
- UNICEF--Sri LankaCountry site for Sri Lanka
- United Nations Development Programme in Sri LankaUNDP is the UN's global development network. Use search box and links to locate documents
Politics and Public Policy South Asia
For multi regional politics and public policy resources across South Asia,
see the Cross Regional South Asia Politics and Public Policy listings
Multiregion Legal Databases
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowHein Online contains the full text of numerous legal journals, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Foreign Relations of the U.S., Presidential Executive Orders, Congressional Record, U.S. Statutes at Large, and other documents from the executive, congressional and judicial branches of the U.S. government.
- LLMC digital This link opens in a new windowLaw Library Microform Consortium.A non-profit cooperative of libraries dedicated to the twin goals of, preserving legal titles and government documents, while making copies inexpensively available digitally.
- South Asian Legal History ResourcesA website by Mitra Sharafi, legal historian at the University of Wisconsin. Mostly focused on the later colonial period of South Asian legal history, when British India was under the Raj (1858-1947).