Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives, a think tank based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Do you expect any transitional justice mechanisms to be operational in the next few months? Partisan political considerations between and within the two main parties in government intrude to stymie quicker progress on transitional justice. The challenge to civil society is to ensure that transitional justice does not get indefinitely stuck. What's the best way for the international community to help Sri Lanka at this critical juncture?

Source: Huffington Post January 16, 2017 04:27 UTC