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Historical Legacies and Post-War Justice in Sri Lanka: From Colonial Rule to Contemporary Conflict
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February 7, 2026
This paper offers a historically grounded analysis of Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict to examine the complexities of post-conflict justice. Understanding debates on accountability, reconciliation, and legitimacy requires attention to the country’s prolonged history and the divergent Sinhalese and Tamil interpretations of the 2009 war’s conclusion. The study traces the conflict from colonial-era ethnic hierarchies, through […]
