Sri Lanka: Public Policy

AI Sri Lanka site

ACHR, New Delhi

AHRC Sri Lanka page

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.

An independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.

Documents 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.

Sri Lanka country page

An 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.

Started 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.

South Asia region links

A 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).

Disaster and crisis updates and analysis.

National portal of Sri Lanka

Includes 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.

Country site for Sri Lanka

UNDP is the UN's global development network. Use search box and links to locate documents

A 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).