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A Balancing Approach on ‘Right to Patent’ and ‘Right to Health’ during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2024-09)This paper examines the global COVID-19 Pandemic, and the health sector’s response to it, with challenges to uphold Human Rights in a Crisis. There are difficulties for the people in accessing to medicines due to the ... -
A Study on the Sex Workers’ Movement: Looking beyond Indian Legislation
(2024-09)Sex work, involving the provision of sexual services in exchange for payment, is a prevalent practice in India. Despite being a signatory to numerous global agreements on women’s rights and having legislation prohibiting ... -
Examining the Consequences of Corporal Punishment on Children in Sri Lanka: A Study of Child Rights and Legal Frameworks
(2024-09)Corporal Punishment is a controversial issue globally, and Sri Lanka is not an exception. Although the government of Sri Lanka has introduced various legislative measures to prohibit Corporal Punishment, it is still widely ... -
A Study of the Allegation of Denial of Humanitarian Assistance - An Analysis of the Charge against Sri Lanka in the OISL Report
(2024-09)In 2009, Government of Sri Lanka militarily defeated the three decades old separatist armed conflict spearheaded by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. In 2015, Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights conducted an ... -
Unveiling the Dynamics of Nepal’s Contribution-Based Social Security: A Legal Perspective
(2024-09)A contribution-based social security system is one of the forms of social security measures where an employer, employee, or individual (selfemployee) contributes financially to fund social security benefits. Nepal’s social ... -
Analysis of International Refugee Laws and Refugee Protection Framework in Sri Lanka: Challenges and Opportunities
(2024-09)This paper offers a unique and elaborate epistemological understanding of the international refugee law structure as well as the status quo of Sri Lanka on refugee related aspects. Paper examines the historical background ... -
Evaluating the Use of Artificial Intelligence for an Effective Justice System in Sri Lanka
(2024-09)Introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) legal system in Sri Lanka can be a complex but potentially transformative endeavor. In such a context the objective of this research is to evaluate the use of Artificial intelligence ... -
Privacy Considerations in the Age of Digital Transformation in Emerging Bharat
(2024-09)In today’s technologically advanced world, the concept of privacy has become more critical than ever before. With the digital transformation sweeping across the globe, individuals’ privacy has come under intense scrutiny. ... -
Book Review: Humanities and Social Sciences Education in Sri Lankan Universities: Past, Present and Future
(2023-11)This is an essay about the book “Humanities and Social Sciences Education in Sri Lankan Universities: Past, Present, and Future, Volume III: Premakumara de Silva... [et al.]— University Grants Commission, Government ... -
Religion and culture-related explanatory models of cancer and their association with wellbeing: a survey-based study in Sri Lanka
(2023-11)Health beliefs are recognized as being important in predicting disease-related variables. Among health beliefs, explanatory models are observed to be strongly held beliefs. The personal etiological framework of an ... -
Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire to Sinhalese for Implementation among Nursing Students in Sri Lanka
(2023-11)The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ) is a valuable tool for assessing empathy in nursing students. This study aimed to translate the 16-item TEQ into Sinhalese and cross-culturally adapt it to Sri Lanka. The process ... -
The Portrayal of Women in Contemporary Sinhala Newspaper Reporting
(2023-11)The portrayal of women in media has long been a subject of scholarly inquiry, with significant attention given to television, film, and advertising. This study on “The Portrayal of Women in Contemporary Sinhala Newspaper ... -
Integrating socio cultural theory and bloom’s taxonomy to overcome xenoglossophobia and anxiety in English language speaking in Sri Lankan undergraduates
(2024-07)The importance of knowing a second or a foreign language today has become a pivotal factor with regard to education, travel, trade, business, information, communication and most importantly to acquire a recognizable ... -
PERMA profiler: Adaptation to Sinhala
(2024-07)Recent history has seen an increased interest in wellbeing. This interest has been observed in clinical settings as well as at the level of state policies and at corporate levels. Following this interest, many models of ... -
Research in Microinsurance: A Bibliometric Analysis and Review
(2023-11)The term microinsurance was introduced as a new term in the vocabulary of development and social protection through the publication of an article in 1999 by the International Social Security Review. Today, the concept ... -
Socio-economic implications of domestic violence in Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat in Jaffna District
(2024-07)Domestic violence against women is one of the most contemporary social issues in Sri Lanka. This study aimed to identify the socioeconomic implications of domestic violence experienced by women. All 107 women were selected ... -
Adopting ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 21001:2018 EOMS to the Sri Lankan Higher Educational Institutions: A Review of Literature
(2024-07)Higher education is the critical economic sector that is eventually followed by all other major service sectors in an economy such as financial services, healthcare, telecommunication, aviation, transportation etc. Today, ... -
Human Resource Management Practises Amidst the Crisis: A Study of the Hospitality and Tourism Industry in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka
(2023-11)The hospitality and tourism industry in Sri Lanka has traditionally played a significant role in the country's economy, serving as a major source of foreign exchange earnings. However, due to various crisis situations ... -
Enhancing thermal and daylight performance of historic buildings with passive modifications; A tropical case study
(2024-07)Historical buildings worldwide hold immense potential for adaptive reuse within the framework of the circular economy, a concept gaining traction in the building construction industry for its role in reducing carbon ...