Author:Rajiva Wijesinha

2010

 * Darkness, Dysfunction and Breakdown - Threats to National Sovereignty 4: A Pincer Movement in August 2007 - London, Geneva, New York and Colombo- 5 April 2010
 * Darkness, Dysfunction and Breakdown - Threats to National Sovereignty 3: Mutton dressed as lamb:the British control of European agencies - 31 March 2010
 * Darkness, Dysfunction and Breakdown - Threats to National Sovereignty 2: The Coffee Club and Confusion as to Humanitarian Assistance - 30 March 2010
 * Imperialism and sentiment: Paul Scott and the Mountbattens - 26 March 2010
 * Darkness, Dysfunction and Breakdown - Threats to National Sovereignty 1: Interlocking Networks of Superior Persons - 24 March 2010
 * The excesses of the current electoral system - 22 March 2010
 * Anatomy of an Election VI: The continuing saga of the two Saraths - 21 March 2010
 * Elections and the Promotion of Confidence in Democracy - 16 March 2010
 * Deconstructing and Reconstructing the 17th Amendment - 15 March 2010
 * Resisting dogma and enhancing the effectiveness of the Executive Presidency - 11 March 2010
 * The hypocrisy of the Human Rights Brigade:‘Could I forget, or thou remember?’ (Swinburne) - 9 March 2010
 * Swansongs of some Secondhand Salesmen - 8 March 2010
 * Twenty Years After Richard de Zoysa and the Prejudices of Establishment - 18 February 2010
 * Anatomy of an Election IV : UNP Making the Best of a Bad Job - 8 February 2010
 * Anatomy of an Election III :The JVP Militarism and Revolution - 5 February 2010
 * Anatomy of an Election II : Reinforcing prejudices - 2 February 2010
 * The Road to Reconciliation V - Promoting Contact - 18 January 2010
 * The Road to Reconciliation IV - Overcoming Constrictions and Tyranny - 16 January 2010
 * The Road to Reconciliation III - Civil Military Liaison: The Key to Social Progress - 13 January 2010
 * The Road to Reconciliation II - Stability and Confidence for Revitalization - 12 January 2010
 * The Road to Reconciliation I - Speech by Prof Rajiva Wijesinha at the BizPact Investment Forum, Public Library Jaffna, January 6th 2010 - 11 January 2010
 * Reform and Representation: a principled approach to constitutional changes - 29 January 2010
 * Sri Lanka's real human rights record - 28 January 2010

2009

 * The origins of General Fonseka’s anguish - 7 December 2009
 * The Fonseka Letters - 26 November 2009
 * Education for children affected by conflict - 23 November 2009
 * Analyzing the State Department report - 21 November 2009
 * UN Human Rights Council 12th Session, 2009: Sri Lanka Responds to NGOs - 23 September 2009
 * UN Human Rights Council 12th Session, 2009: Sri Lanka responds to EU and Others - 23 September 2009
 * UN Human Rights Council 12th Session, 2009: Sri Lanka responds to NGOs on Civil and Political Rights - 23 September 2009
 * UN Human Rights Council 12th Session, 2009: Intervention in discussion of the Report of the Joint Inspection Unit - 18 September 2009
 * Solid education system for IDP children - 17 September 2009
 * UN Human Rights Council 12th Session, 2009: Response to NGOs in debate on the Statement of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - 16 September 2009
 * UN Human Rights Council 12th Session, 2009: Looking after Children affected by War - 16 September 2009
 * Frost Over The World: Interview with Rajiva Wijesinha - 11 September 2009
 * Channel 4: Interview with Rajiva Wijesinha - 11 September 2009
 * BBC Radio 4: Interview with Rajiva Wijesinha - 11 September 2009
 * The moral degradation of Erik Solheim - 1 September 2009
 * Reflections on Disinformation - 31 July 2009
 * Foreign Policy Priorities from the British Treasury - 27 July 2009
 * Tamil Diaspora Peak ploughs the depths - 16 July 2009
 * The Times mirrors the Tigers - 14 July 2009
 * British Foreign Office feeds The Times false figures in campaign to recover from defeat at Human Rights Council in Geneva - 13 July 2009
 * Secretary General Responds to the Daily Mirror - 01 July 2009
 * Secretary General Responds to British Medical Journal - 22 June 2009
 * The Bob Rae saga - 17 June 2009
 * Bad faith and Apparent Independence - 16 June 2009
 * A Response to Lakbima News - 15 June 2009
 * Assessing the analysis of the University Teachers for Human Rights - 15 June 2009
 * The Western Use of Toilets - 13 June 2009
 * Creating a crisis to resolve - 12 June 2009
 * Secretary General intervenes in the HRC sessions in Geneva - 12 June 2009
 * Secretary General responds to UN Watch - 12 June 2009
 * Secretary General replies to NGOs - 4 June 2009
 * Secretary General replies to Alston and Ertuk - 4 June 2009
 * Why the West will not give up - 4 June 2009
 * Secretary General comments on reports of Special Rapporteurs - 3 June 2009
 * What the West does not say - 2 June 2009
 * Big Lies from the Big Boys - 2 June 2009
 * The Attempted Resolution against Sri Lanka: a Western perspective - 1 June 2009
 * What the independent Western media will not investigate - 29 May 2009
 * West and East: the two faces of continuing Tiger terrorism - 26 May 2009
 * A mystery solved - 26 May 2009
 * Sunday Times must eschew agenda of polarisation - 26 May 2009
 * Foolishness or cunning: indiscriminate allegations about civilian deaths - 26 May 2009
 * The British baying for blood - 24 May 2009
 * Dial Miliband for Murder - 21 May 2009
 * An epitaph for terror - 19 May 2009
 * The tragedy of Barack Obama - 19 May 2009
 * IDPs alleviated to substantial degree - 15 May 2009
 * Human Rights Watch uses Barbed Missiles Against Sri Lanka - 28 April 2009
 * 'The Legacy of Racism' - 23 April 2009
 * Saving civilians from Tigers and Crocodile Tears - 21 April 2009
 * Pursuing the Safety of Civilians, not the Continuation of Terror - 15 April 2009
 * London MPs Again on the Rampage - 11 April 2009
 * A response to the editorial in the Guardian UK of 11 April 2009
 * The Road to Elephant Pass (A New Year Meditation) - 11 April 2009
 * An Amnesty for the Tigers - 08 April 2009
 * Falsehoods and Illogicalities: it is those who fire on escaping civilians who should be told to cease / pause / stop such firing - 07 April 2009
 * The Big Brown(e) Sahibs - 02 April 2009
 * The Callousness of the International Community - 31 March 2009
 * Europeans and their tribes - 30 March 2009
 * Interview with the Sunday Leader - 24 March 2009
 * British Parliamentarians Promoting Tragedy - 21 March 2009
 * The Great NGO Game - 18 March 2009
 * SCOPP Secretary General responds to discussion on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council - 18 March 2009
 * LTTE supporter piggy backs on David Milliband and Navanethem Pillai - 17 March 2009
 * SCOPP Secretary General responds at UN dialogue on Displaced Persons - 16 March 2009
 * Amnesty International bombs South Asia - 14 March 2009
 * SCOPP Secretary General responds to comments by NGOs - 13 March 2009
 * SCOPP Secretary General intervenes in debate with United Nations Special Rapporteurs - 12 March 2009
 * The Return of Gareth Evans, the Resurrection of Terror - 12 March 2009
 * London Kills Me - 11 March 2009
 * Sri Lanka welcomes UN Working Group condemnation of non-State Actors - 11 March 2009
 * What matters to the BBC - 07 March 2009
 * The Great White Authorities of Human Rights Watch - 06 March 2009
 * BBC Distortions and Lies - 06 March 2009
 * SCOPP Secretary General exercises right to reply at UN Human Rights Council - 05 March 2009
 * SCOPP Secretary General addresses UNHCR meeting in Geneva - 04 March 2009
 * The Best of British Blogs - 03 March 2009
 * The Rational Appeal of the Indian Foreign Minister - 03 March 2009
 * The Secretive Anonymity of Human Rights Watch - 01 March 2009
 * A Fein Imbalance - 27 February 2009
 * Bring back the Clowns - Human Rights Watch returns to the Ring - 25 February 2009
 * The secret compulsions of Human Rights Experts on Sri Lanka - 24 February 2009
 * The Murderous Chicanery of the LTTE Political Wing - 24 February 2009
 * A Tiger Rattling of Chains - 23 February 2009
 * Signs of the Times - 15 February 2009
 * Amnesty International achieves new levels of Lunacy - 11 February 2009
 * UN Experts on Criticism, Impunity and Suicide Bombing - 11 February 2009
 * Amnesty International forgets that Suicide Bombers kill people - 10 February 2009
 * The Cluster Bomb Game - 9 February 2009
 * Seeking Solace in Statist Socialism - 07 February 2009
 * The Urgent Need of the Boston Globe to Save Terrorists - 06 February 2009
 * Towards Zero - 05 February 2009
 * Independence and Sovereignty: A Time of Renewal - 4 February 2009
 * Objectivity versus Balance in pursuing Human Rights - 31 January 2009
 * The naivete of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva - 30 January 2009
 * Pride and professionalism for the police - 26 January 2009
 * Anatomy of a Murder - 14 January 2009
 * Challenging Western perceptions of the Sri Lankan conflict - 13 January 2009
 * The last dance of the Tamil National Alliance - 6 January 2009
 * American ambiguities in dealing with terror - 4 January 2009

2008

 * The Muttur Massacre - a quest for the whole truth - 08 July 2008
 * The current state of Human Rights in Sri Lanka - 23 June 2008
 * Response to Shanie of the ‘Island’ dated June 14th, 2008 - 23 June 2008
 * Final Statement of the Sri Lankan delegation on the occasion of the adoption of the Universal Periodic Review of Sri Lanka by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) June 13th 2008(adapted from delivery) - 16 June 2008
 * "Letter to the Editor - The Sunday Leader" - 16 June 2008
 * Sri Lanka replies Pax Romana, Interfaith International - 10 June 2008
 * Letter to the Editor, ‘The Island’ dated June 8th 2008 - 10 June 2008
 * Letter to the Executive Director, Freedom House - 10 June 2008
 * Letter to the Human Rights Tribune - 10 June 2008
 * The Conference of Major Religious Superiors - 07 June 2008
 * Letter to the Editor - Sudar Oli - 6 June 2008
 * Straitjacketing Mr Puleedevan - 04 June 2008
 * UN Human Rights Council 11th Session, 2008: Statement by Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha,Secretary General of SCOPP - 02 June 2008
 * In memory of Maheswary Velautham - 14 May 2008
 * Ethnic Cleansing and the Moral Perspective of Sri Lankan Tamils - 17 April 2008
 * Speech by Rajiva Wijesinha at the meeting of CALD & ALDE in Brussels, Belgium - 16 April 2008
 * ’Peace and Reconciliation in South Asia’: A Presentation - 15 April 2008
 * Journalistic Misrepresentations and the Failure to Correct - 11 April 2008
 * Letter to the Editor - The Independent, UK - 10 April 2008
 * ‘Human Rights, canards and review of Sri Lanka performance’ : A reply - 8th April 2008
 * The White Man's Burden: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes towards abuses and impunity - 7th April 2008
 * Facts Versus False Allegations Regarding Targeting of Civilians - 4th April 2008
 * More Concern for the Victims? - ACF Statement on the UTHR Report - 3rd April 2008
 * The International Eminent Persons and their Assistants - 3rd April 2008
 * Setting the latest University Teachers for Human Rights (UTHR) Report on Mutur in Context - 1st April 2008
 * Interview given by Prof Rajiva Wijesinha to Silumina, Sunday March 16 2008 - 1st April 2008
 * International Dimensions in seeking a Road Ahead to the Conflict in Sri Lanka - 27th March 2008
 * The state of Human Rights in Sri Lanka - 26th March 2008
 * Correcting the Misinformation of the Tamil Information Centre - 14th March 2008
 * Law and Society Trust: More Adventures with the Truth - 12th March 2008
 * The Mandate and Duties of the Peace Secretariat - 7th March 2008
 * Idealists Attacking Democracy - 03 March 2008
 * Paymasters and Godfathers of Centres for Poisonous Accusations - 14th February 2008
 * Sri Lanka Peace Chief blows whistle on Rama, Radhika & R2P - 28th January 2008
 * Negative Criticisms of the APRC Proposals - 28th January 2008
 * Ill-Conceived responses to the abrogation of a flattened Ceasefire - 18th January 2008
 * Amnesty Amnesia about Ceasefire Violations - 17th January 2008
 * The APRC, Power Sharing and the 13th Amendment - 14th January 2008
 * Not quite 100%: a Ceasefire in Tigerspeak - 11th January 2008
 * The Need for Negotiations, Pluralism and Democracy - 10th January 2008
 * Human Rights: Public Relations and Private Agendas - 8th January 2008
 * UNP Hypocrisy Regarding Abrogation of the CFA - 8th January 2008
 * Peace Secretariat Regrets Historical Statement of Nordic Ministers - 7th January 2008

2007

 * LTTE abuse of Tamils and the Truth - 24th December 2007
 * A Determination to Denigrate - 20th December 2007
 * Sri Lankan Peace Official Comments on TRO, UNICEF - 12th December 2007
 * Sri Lankan Peace Official replies to concerns raised at the United Nations Human Rights Council - 11th December 2007
 * Call for OHCHR field office: SL Peace Official Replies - 10th December 2007
 * Open Letter from SCOPP Secretary General Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha to the University Teachers for Human Rights Jaffna - 6th December 2007
 * Sri Lanka’s Civil Society Organizations: Shady Techniques and Bribes to the Tigers? - 26th November 2007
 * Peace, Polemics and Prose without Prevarication - 22nd November 2007
 * BBC World – Asia Today interview with Dr. Rajiva Wijesinha - 14th November 2007
 * The Wings of the Dove - 09 November 2007
 * The Innocence of Patrick Leahy - 7th November 2007
 * Political Solutions, Military Responses and Zero Sum Perceptions - 26th October 2007
 * Fantasies on a Political Football - 19th October 2007
 * The Manipulation of International Opinion - 17th October 2007
 * Kicking Facts Around - 16th October 2007
 * Louise Arbour as a political football - 12th October 2007
 * Human Rights and Political Agendas in Geneva - 28th September 2007
 * Internecine Racism in Sri Lanka: the LTTE's attacks on Tamils - 25th September 2007
 * Sri Lanka: Response to misplaced NGO criticism - 24th September 2007
 * Sri Lanka’s Displaced (IDPs) - Rejecting Human Rights Hogg-Wash - 12th September 2007
 * Rajiva Wijesinha: on his first three months as Secretary-General of SCOPP - 5th September 2007
 * Analysis and Prescription: undercurrents in the peace process - 30th August 2007
 * Peace, Pluralism and Polarization: A Quarterly Reflection - 30th August 2007
 * HRW’s Dirty War and the Clean Record of the Sri Lankan Army - 8th August 2007
 * Lest We Forget: Reflections one year after the sudden attack on Muttur - 1st August 2007
 * Letter from SCOPP Secretary General Rajiva Wijesinha to the International Herald Tribune 20 - 08 - 2007
 * Politics & People: Dealing with Disinformation - 30 May 2007

2005

 * Responding to the challenges of e-learning - 2005

2003

 * Personal Perspective: The Endgame - 6 July 2003
 * Personal Perspective: Changing Perspectives - 22 June 2003
 * Personal Perspective: Such Darling Dodoes - 01 June 2003
 * Personal Perspective: Trying to innovate - 11 May 2003
 * Personal Perspective: The Value of Dissent - 16 March 2003
 * Personal Perspective: Pursuing Absolute Power - 26 January 2003
 * Personal Perspective: Another Country - 12 January 2003
 * That hideous strength - 08 January 2003

1998

 * Cutting through Territories: Naipaul's A Way in the World