Transitional Justice Workshop Jaffna, Sri Lanka

 

Dr. Sujith Xavier, Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena and Justice Jayantha de Almeida Guneratne (Fiji Court of Appeal) facilitated a two-day workshop on Transitional Justice in Sri Lanka for Tamil Lawyers in the North and East of the Country.

The workshop, organized by Home for Human Rights and The Social Architects, brought together Tamil lawyers representing the victims of the 27-year conflict to discuss the UN sponsored processes and mechanisms of transitional justice as means to foster reconciliation.