Sri Lanka’s North: The Denial of Minority Rights

International Crisis Group

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Abstract: Deepening militarisation and the lack of accountable governance in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province are preventing a return to normal life and threaten future violence. Scene of the most bitter fighting in the civil war, the Tamil-majority north remains under de facto military occupation, with all important policies set by Sinhala officials in Colombo. The slow but undeniable movement of Sinhala settlers into the fringes of the north and other forms of government-supported “Sinhalisation†are reigniting a sense of grievance and weakening chances for a real settlement with Tamil and other minority parties to devolve power. The international community, especially those governments and aid agencies supporting the reconstruction of the area, should demand a fundamental change of course and should structure their assistance so as to encourage the demilitarisation and democratisation of the former war zone and full respect for minority rights.

Keywords: militarisation; accountable governance; Sri Lanka’s Northern Province; violence; Tamil-majority; de facto military occupation; Sinhalisation; democratisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-02
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