The search for justice : the Sri Lanka papers / editors, Kumari Jayawardena, Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jayawardena, Kumari, editor.

Pinto-Jayawardena, Kishali, editor.

Sexual Violence and Impunity Project.

International Development Research Centre (Canada), sponsoring body.

Series:

Zubaan series on sexual violence and impunity in South Asia

Language:

English

Sinhalese

Tamil

Subjects (All):

Women--Violence against--Sri Lanka.

Sex crimes--Sri Lanka.

State crimes--Sri Lanka.

Police brutality--Sri Lanka.

Rape--Sri Lanka.

Impunity--Sri Lanka.

History.

Atrocities.

Impunity.

Rape.

Police brutality.

State crimes.

Sex crimes.

Women--Violence against.

Women.

Sri Lanka--History--Civil War, 1983-2009--Atrocities.

Sri Lanka.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

lii, 434 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Zubaan, 2016.

Contents:

Introduction / Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena and Jeannine Guthrie

Global disclosures and local realities : armed conflict and the pursuit of justice / Chulani Kodikara and Sarala Emmanuel

A crisis of "legal indeterminacy" and state impunity / Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena and Kirsty Anantharajah

Rape and the evidentiary process in Sri Lanka / Priya Thangarajah

Sex and violence in the Eastern Province : a study in Muslim masculinity / Farzana Haniffa

The fear of rape : Tamil women and wartime sexual violence / Rohini Mohan

A spoonful of sugar : the quest for survival and justice / Sivamohan Sumathy

Territorial claims, home, land and movement : women's history of violence and resistance / Sivamohan Sumathy

Jesus is not there / Vijayalatchumi Sekar

An interview with Prashanthi Mahinderatne : the Krishanthi Kumaraswamy case / Chulani Kodikara.

Notes:

"IDRC/CRDI."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789385932069

9385932063

OCLC:

944087665

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