Dr. Neil DeVotta
The UNESCO Madanjeet Singh South Asian Institute of
Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (UMSAILS) organized a public lecture on
1 December 2012 on "Accountability Versus Reconciliation: Human Rights
and Sri Lanka's Post-Civil War Politics" by Dr. Neil DeVotta,
Associate Professor at the Department of Politics and International Affairs,
Wake Forest University, U.S.A.
The talk focused on the causes of Sri Lanka’s ethnic
conflict and the controversial manner in which it was concluded. Dr.
DeVotta also discussed the difficulties associated with bringing those who have
allegedly committed human rights violations to justice, even though such
accountability is important to ensuring meaningful reconciliation.
Dr. DeVotta observed that there should be an objective
reckoning of what took place during the final stages of the war. He suggested
that a Truth and Reconciliation Commission may be necessary to doing so but
said he was, for various reasons, pessimistic of this coming to pass in the
foreseeable future.
Professor Delwar
Hossain of the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka
chaired the session. Dr. Uttam Kumar Das, a Human Rights Lawyer, gave the
address of welcome.
A
total of 25 students and academics attended the lecture.
Dr. Neil DeVotta with HRLC Participants.
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