Sri Lanka: Legal-Public Policy
Resources related to Sri Lanka
Tamil Public Library, Jaffna
Sri Lanka Legal Studies
- LawNet, Government of Sri LankaA tool for both the legal community and the general public, to improve access to up-to-date legal information and increase awareness about Sri Lanka's constantly evolving legal framework. Links to statutes, case law, trade agreements, conventions, and articles.
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).
Parliament
- 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.
Politics/Public Policy (Sri Lanka)
- Amnesty International Sri LankaAI Sri Lanka site
- Asian Centre for Human Rights--Sri LankaSri Lanka page, ACHR, New Delhi
- Asian Human Rights Commission--Sri LankaAHRC Sri Lanka page
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre--Sri LankaSri Lanka country 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.
- 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--Sri LankaSri Lanka 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.
- 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
Sri Lanka Government Sites
Politics/Public Policy (Cross-Regional)
- Amnesty InternationalSee countrys and regions list for geographical sub-links
- The Asan ForumAn online publication for in-depth interpretation of rapid changes across the Asia-Pacific region.
- Asian Centre for Human RightsDedicated to promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the Asian region.
- Asian Human Rights CommissionThe AHRC is an independent, non-governmental body, which seeks to promote greater awareness and realisation of human rights in the Asian region, and to mobilise Asian and international public opinion to obtain relief and redress for the victims of human rights violations. AHRC promotes civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights. Includes links to reports, news updates, country websites. Based in Hong Kong.
- Border and Migration Studies OnlineExplores and provides historical background on more than thirty key worldwide border areas, including: U.S. and Mexico; the European Union; Afghanistan; Australia-Indonesia-East Timor; Bangladesh and India border; Israel; Turkey; The Congo; Argentina; China; Burma Thailand and Cambodia; and others. Featuring at completion 100,000 pages of text, 175 hours of video, and 1,000 images, the collection is organized around fundamental themes associated with border and migration issues.
- Business & Human Rights Resource CentreTracks the human rights policy and performance of over 6000 companies in over 180 countries, making information publicly available. Free weekly update e-newsletter.
- Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)--AsiaA bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. Links to publications and multimedia.
- Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)CSDS is an institute for research in the social sciences and humanities, operating since 1963. Site includes links to archived video and audio lectures.
- The Commonwealth iLibraryThe Commonwealth Secretariat’s publications are a key part of the organisation’s mission to work as a trusted partner for all Commonwealth people as a force for peace, democracy, equality and good governance; a catalyst for global consensus-building; and a source of assistance for sustainable development and poverty eradication. Each year, The Commonwealth publishes around 30 new titles on a range of topics in which it has particular insight and expertise, especially concerning small states, including globalisation and multilateral trade issues
export and enterprise development, education, gender, public service, management and reform, law and human rights. Columbia University selectively subscribes to this database, so pdf downloads will not be available for all materials. - Council on Foreign RelationsAn independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. Links to Asia related publications, among other resources
- DCAFThe Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces is an international foundation whose mission is to assist the international community in pursuing good governance and reform of the security sector. See Asia region and publications links.
- Delhi Policy GroupAn independent think tank (founded in 1994) with primary focus on strategic issues of critical national interest to India. Includes links to full text publications.
- EHRAF world cultures This link opens in a new windowA collection of full-text primary source materials on ca. 400 different cultural, ethnic, religious and national groups in the following regions of the world: Asia, Europe, Africa, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Eurasia and South America. Access is via keyword, as well as through geographic (OWC) codes and a topical (OCM) classification scheme.
- FIDH--AsiaFIDH is an international human rights NGO federating 178 organizations from 120 countries. Since 1922, FIDH has been defending all civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- Gender studies database This link opens in a new windowCombines NISC's Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. Also includes relevant contributions from NISC's Child Development & Adolescent Studies as well as Family & Society Studies Worldwide databases. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources. Also includes links to selected and websites."Gender Studies Database, produced by NISC, combines NISC's popular Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia."
- Global Conflict TrackerAn interactive guide to ongoing conflicts around the world of concern to the United States. The interactive covers nearly thirty conflicts with background information and resources on each conflict.
- Global Social Responses to Covid-19 Web ArchiveCreated in March 2020, at the onset of the pandemic, the Archive documents regional, social responses to the pandemic, which are critical in understanding the scope of the pandemic’s humanitarian, socioeconomic, and cultural impact.
- Human Development ReportsUnited Nations Development Programme. Includes links to country profiles, data, and publications.
- Human Rights WatchUse countries menu for country specific content.
- ICIMOD--Information ResourcesThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayas – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan – and based in Kathmandu, Nepal. ICIMOD collates, shares, and links to information on a multitude of topics relevant to mountain development, especially in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region.
- IFADThe International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations. Use search menu for country or region specific links.
- Institute of Development StudiesA global institution based at the University of Sussex, UK. Search publications by "Country & Region" for Asia specific resources.
- Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (ICPS)Promotes alternative approaches to security issues, with emphasis on opinions of the young generation from across South Asia. ICPS was founded in 1966. Includes full text publications.
- International Crisis GroupPresents reports prepared by political analysts for the International Crisis Group (ICG), a private, multinational organization. ICG analysts use field research techniques to gather information about various international crises. Reports are distributed to foreign ministries and international organizations. One can sign up for customized briefings alerts.
- Mahbub ul Haq Research Centre at LUMSsupports interdisciplinary research, scholarship and teaching on issues of human development, social exclusion and inequality across South Asia
- Migration Policy Institute--Asia and the PacificMPI is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC dedicated to analysis of the movement of people worldwide. The research here focuses in particular on how the labor-sending countries of the region, notably the Philippines and other Colombo Process countries, manage these migration flows, engage in bilateral and multilateral cooperation with migrant-receiving nations, and engage their diasporas. The recruitment process and regulation of recruitment agencies also represent a strand of the work offered here.
- National Bureau of Asian ResearchNBR conducts advanced independent research on strategic, political, economic, globalization, health, and energy issues affecting U.S. relations with Asia. The institution organizes its research around three broad topics: politics and security; trade, economics, and energy; and international health.
- Observer Research FoundationORF research and analysis is rooted in independent, objective inquiry, and covers the fields of foreign policy, economy and development, governance, strategy, traditional and non-traditional security, and the social sector. Geography search facets include India and The Pacific, East and Southeast Asia.
- Overseas Development InstituteODI is the UK's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Publications database includes country/region search facet.
- PAIS Index This link opens in a new windowIndexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories in the area of public affairs. Topics include business, government, international relations, banking, environment, health, social sciences, demographics, law and legislation, political science, public administration, finance, agriculture, education, and statistics.
- Policy commons. This link opens in a new windowThe world's largest database for public policy, with millions of reports, working papers, policy briefs, data sources, and media drawn from a directory of more than 20,000 IGOs, NGOs, think tanks, and research centers on disciplines including agriculture, energy, pharmaceuticals, diversity, crime, librarianship, etc. Community tools allow users to upload, share, and discuss their discoveries.
- Refugees, relief and resettlement : forced migration and World War IIArchives of the Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief, 1933-1960 -- Records of the Department of State relating to the problems of relief and refugees in Europe arising from World War II and its aftermath, 1938-1949 -- Refugee files from the records of the Foreign Office, 1938-1950 -- Refugee records from the general correspondence files of the political departments of the Foreign Office, record group 371, 1938-1950 -- Refugee records from the public and judicial department collections of the British India Office, 1939-1952 -- Refugee records from the War Cabinet, the Colonial Office, the Home Office and the War Office, 1935-1949.
- ReliefWebA specialized digital service of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). A leading source for reliable and timely humanitarian information on global crises and disasters. Includes browse by countries search.
- SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional CooperationIncludes links to digital library.
- South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE)SAAPE’s main focus is poverty eradication through policy research, advocacy, lobbying and campaign works, focusing on food sovereignty, gender justice and demilitarization, democratisation and social justice issues in South Asia.
- South Asian Born-Digital NGO Reports Collection ProjectAn NYU project to identify, prioritize, archive, preserve and make discoverable and accessible to scholars curated elements of documentation from and about South Asia produced by government agencies, NGOs, think tanks, community organizations, research centers, underground groups, religious sects, political parties, women’s groups, social activists, human rights organizations, LGBTQ advocacy groups, and other content creators.
- South Asian Gender and Sexuality Web ArchiveDocuments and preserves the work of activists, grassroots organizations, and social justice movements committed to promoting the visibility and experiences of LGBTQAI+ people and women in South Asia and its diasporas.
- South Asian Governmental Publications [web archive]The South Asian Governmental Publications Web Archive aims to collect and preserve open access online formats of government serials from South Asia. From demographic data to legislative proceedings, the serials that form the focus of the Archive include publications on all subjects and from all countries of the region (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka).
- Strategic Foresight GroupA think - tank (founded in 2002) engaged in crafting new policy concepts that enable decision makers to prepare for a future in uncertain times. Works within three areas of focus: 1. Water Diplomacy 2. Peace, Conflict and Terrorism 3. Global Foresight.
- Swiss PeaceAn associated Institute of the University of Basel and member of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences. Swisspeace is a practice-oriented peace research institute. It analyses the causes of violent conflicts and develops strategies for their peaceful transformation.
- Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium : TRAC. This link opens in a new windowCreated by The Beacham Group, LLC, Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC) is a resource for the study of political violence of all kinds.
- UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization website. Resources include publications, media, statistics
- UNICEFFor South Asia resources, search data by country.
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)UNDP works in nearly 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion.
- United Nations ESCAPEconomic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The regional development arm of the United Nations for the Asia-Pacific region. Includes subregional office links, publications, and ESCAP statistical database.
- U.S. bilateral relations fact sheetsPart of the US State Department's Bureau of Public Affairs website. Each fact sheet presents overview information on an individual country concerning their relationship to the United States.
- USAID's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC)Search a half century of U.S. international aid records. Holds USAID's institutional memory, spanning over 50 years; including documents, images, video and audio materials.
- Women's studies international. This link opens in a new windowProvides citations and some abstracts to the core areas of Women's studies. Includes material from Women studies abstracts (1984-present), Women's studies bibliography database, Women's studies database (1972-present), New books on women and feminism (1987-present), Women of color and southern women (1975-present), The history of women and science, health, and technology: a bibliographic guide to the professions and disciplines (1970-1995), Women's health and development: an annotated bibliography (1995), Women, race, and ethnicity: a bibliography (1970-1990), WAVE: Women's audiovisuals in English: a guide to nonprint resources in women's studies (1985-1990) and the MEDLINE subset on women (1964-2000). Covers journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, websites and grey literature. annually.
- World Development ReportThe World Bank. Published annually since 1978, each report provides in-depth analysis and policy recommendations on a specific and important aspect of development—from agriculture, the role of the state, transition economies, and labor to infrastructure, health, the environment, and poverty.
- World Food ProgrammeThe world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.
- World Health OrganizationIncludes links to country pages, data, and publications
- Worldwide political science abstracts This link opens in a new windowThe database provides access to citations and abstracts of journal articles appearing political science journals. Years of Coverage: 1975 to the present.