Bhavani Fonseka

Bhavani Fonseka
Alma materUniversity of Bristol, University of Denver, Harvard University
Occupationslawyer, human rights activist

Bhavani Fonseka is a constitutional lawyer and a prominent human rights lawyer and activist in Sri Lanka. She is a researcher and attorney at law in the Centre for Policy Alternatives. She is a member of the policy committee of Human Rights Watch. She is a member of the Subcommittee on Business and Human Rights at the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka and was involved in the drafting of the first guideline on business and human rights in Sri Lanka.[1]

She was an advisor to the Consultation Task-force on human Rights and member to formulate the National Human Rights Action Plan in Sri Lanka. She is counsel in cases in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.

She is on the Editorial Boards of The International Journal of Transitional Justice[2] and The Women, Peace & Security Series- De Gruyter Press [3]

She has written extensively on human rights and justice issues and is the editor of Transitional Justice in Sri Lanka: Moving Beyond Promises (2017) & Elusive Justice & Emblematic Cases in Sri Lanka (2023). She is the co-editor of the book Salient Aspects of Public Interest Litigation Jurisprudence in Sri Lanka (2023).

She earned her bachelor's degree in law from the University of Bristol and her masters in law from the Denver University and masters in public administration from Harvard University.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Fonseka was a Mason Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School for the period 2013-2014.[13] In 2015 she was selected to participate in the 2nd Women's Leadership Program Eisenhower Fellows.[14] She was a Tedx Speaker in 2024[15]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.hrcsl.lk/documentation/guidelines-and-directives/
  2. ↑ https://academic.oup.com/ijtj/pages/Editorial_Board
  3. ↑ https://www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/wps-b/html?srsltid=AfmBOoophp9w2zFa82vS5KXAETdvbZms7dkVm_LaZtQ-t-HrWZfB9jBd
  4. ↑ "Overall Coordinator of CPA Programmes". Centre for Policy Alternatives. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Bhavani Fonseka". Just Security. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Politics of memorialisation discussed in Jaffna". Tamilnet. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Rights activist questions progress of CoI, IIGEP". Tamilnet. 18 November 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Activism in times of crisis". Morning.lk. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Episode 1: A Closer Look at Sri Lanka". Asia Society. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Sri Lanka election: Rajapaksa brothers tighten grip on power By Anbarasan Ethirajan". Anbarasan Ethirajan. BBC. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Human rights group slams Sri Lanka's 'de-radicalization' law". Daily Sabah. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Bhavani Fonseka Senior Researcher". Salzbur Global. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Asia 21 Young Leader Bhavani Fonseka Offered a Mason Fellowship by Harvard". Asia Society. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  14. ↑ Eisenhower Fellowships announces 2015 Women's Leadership Program Fellows
  15. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5Hwc4rMLHk
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