Mario Gomez
Co-Investigator, Livelihoods, Land and Rights
International Centre for Ethnic Studies
Mario Gomez is the Executive Director at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, in Sri Lanka. He previously taught law and human rights at the University of Colombo. Recent and forthcoming publications include ‘The Courts Respond to Executive Tyranny in Sri Lanka’, ‘The Politics of Dealing with the Past in Deeply Divided Sri Lanka’, ‘Constitutionalizing Economic and Social Rights in Sri Lanka’, ‘Keeping Rights Alive: Reform and Reconciliation in Post-War Sri Lanka’, ‘The Right to Information and Transformative Development Outcomes’, ‘Advancing Economic and Social Rights through NHRIs and Independent Institutions’, and ‘Constitutional Change and Institutional Resilience in Sri Lanka.’
Areas of interest
Human Rights; Sri Lanka; economic and social rightsPublications
- “The Courts Respond to Executive Tyranny in Sri Lanka’ The Courts Respond to Executive Tyranny in Sri Lanka”, Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law, 24 January 2019
- ““The Right to Information and Transformative Development Outcomes” Law and Development Review 12 (3) (2019)
- The Politics of Dealing with the Past in Deeply Divided Sri Lanka (2017)
- “Constitutionalizing Economic and Social Rights in Sri Lanka”, Centre for Policy Alternatives working paper series (2016): 1-37
- “Keeping Rights Alive: Reform and Reconciliation in Post-War Sri Lanka” Asian Yearbook of International Law 17 (2011): 117-148