Projects
Realizing Rights and Reconciling After Conflict
This is a series of inter-related initiatives, undertaken by ICES that intend to seize the opportunities afforded by ...
Migration and Collectives/Networks as Pathways Out of Poverty in Fishing Communities
The International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in collaboration ...
Promoting Human Rights, Inclusion and Religious Harmony in Sri Lanka and Beyond: Equipping Communities to Resist Violent Conflict
Through research, forum and capacity-building activities ...
Publications and Reports on Memory and Reconcillation
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Publications and Reports on Diversity and Social Inclusion
Sri Lanka Women Living with Disabilities ...
Lifting the Veil of Secrecy Right to Information Regimes in Emerging and Existing Democracies
A right to information law gives a person a right to demand information from a public body (and in some cases from a private body) without having to ...
Enacting a New Law on Disability Rights in Sri Lanka
On the 12th of August 2016, International Centre for Ethnic Studies hosted a round table discussion to generate a dialogue on disability rights in ...
Identifying Post-War Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women in Sri Lanka
Poverty levels among women in the war-affected Northern Province are among the highest in the country. Since the end of the war in 2009, there have been several initiatives by the Government, the non-governmental and ...
Filling the Gaps: Giving Shape to Sri Lanka’s Transitional Justice Process
ICES 2016 project on transitional justice is a continuation from the previous transitional justice projects. This focus this year will be on the themes of truth-seeking prosecutions reparations and ...
Building Peace and Governance through Participation of Women with Disabilities in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka continues to transition from a protracted conflict which lasted more than thirty years. The post conflict situation presents a complex socio-economic landscape especially pertaining to women, with an increase in ...