Savitri Goonesekere

Savitri Goonesekere

Savitri Goonesekere is a jurist and academic from Sri Lanka. She is an international expert on the rights of children. A prolific writer, Goonasekere was instrumental in the evolution of modern legal education in Sri Lanka. Her works on family law and child labour issues include: "Child Labour in Sri Lanka: Learning from the Past" (ILO:1993); "Children, Law and Justice: A South Asian Perspective" (Sage: 1998); and as editor, "Violence, Law, and Women's Rights in South Asia" (Sage:2004).

She is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo and serves on the editorial board of the United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children.

External links

* [http://www.violencestudy.org/a467 UN bio]
* [http://adb.org/gender/forum/members.asp Asian Development bank bio]


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