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Compatibility of Sri Lanka’s Labour Law Standards with ones in TPPA – A legal analysis
(4th National Research Conference on Applied Social Statistics, Social Statistics Students’ Association, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Anuththara, K.K.G.
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement is a controversial trade agreement involving 12 countries that is stratergically well positioned to address many of labour law standards among other basic discussions. TPP include a comprehensive labour chapter which promote compliance with internationally recognized labour rights. It highly encourage the freedom of association , elimination of all forms of forced labour, effective abolition child labour, the elimination of discrimination in employment and an acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages. TPPA is likely to ensure the expansion of existing laws relating to the labour standards and the partner countries would achieve a labour friendly environment. If Sri Lanka decide to be a party to this agreement it is very important to analyse this labour chapter. Sri Lanka is a member of ILO and has ratified about 31 international labour conventions including al the ILO’s core labour conventions. Laws relating to Sri Lanka labour standards are laid down in almost about 50 statues according to the Labour Law Department of SL.This paper analyse the existing labour law standards in Sri Lanka and it’s compatibility with TPP labour standards through associated theoretical literature in comparison with the chapter 19 of the TPPA. It has identified that Sri Lanka already having a sufficient amount of laws more likely to the TPPA standards but not a well recognized mechanism to connect them with globalized issues and respond them practically and it requires more amendments to the existing laws in accordance with recent trends
Lessons from Ancient Practices of Using Buddhist Teachings for Dispute Resolutions in Sri Lanka to Enhance Recent Trends of Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods - A Legal Analysis
(Faculty of Humanities University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2021) Anuththara, K.K.G.
As mentioned in the Oxford Dictionary (2017), a conflict could mean ‘A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. A prolonged armed struggle. A state of mind in which a person experiences a clash of opposing feelings or needs. A serious incompatibility between two or more opinions, principles, or interests.’ The usual judicial procedure does not, however, handle the complexity of some of these problems. It requires an independent method with an independent and unbiased knowledgeable third person to resolve these disputes. These processes such as Arbitration, Mediation, Conciliation and Negotiation are recognized as Alternative Dispute Resolution methods (ADR). These methods, while not novel, are similar to some ancient methods which are similar to the current Alternative Dispute methods. The main problem examined in this research is how traditions of Sri Lankan conflict/ dispute resolution methods might be used to improve the legitimacy of present Sri Lankan ADR approaches. The objective of this research is to evaluate the practicalities of those ancient methods and to find out and recommend some novel concepts in to the current ADR methods. This study is based on normative research which analyses primary and secondary sources relevant to the subject. Furthermore, this research would analyse to what extent the ancient methods can be used to develop the efficiency of current ADR methods, most importantly with the principles used in ancient Sri Lanka with reference to Buddhist teachings.