Colombo stage for 29th LAWASIA conference
Sri Lanka will facilitate the 29th Golden Jubilee conference of LAWASIA for the third time in Colombo next Friday.
LAWASIA, the law association for Asia and the Pacific which was formed in 1966 will provide a discussion forum that promotes cross-jurisdictional exchanges of legal information and education in the Asia Pacific region.
The four day event being held from August 12 to 15 will be attended by lawyers, judges, legal academics and all stakeholders in the legal sector. It will offer insights on current issues in a range of areas as diverse as banking and finance, family law, employment law, human rights, environmental law, energy law and taxation law among others.
Significantly, this is the 29th LAWASIA Conference and marks the 50th jubilee of the organisation’s formation in 1966. In addition to opportunities to update and refresh legal knowledge from a regional perspective, it is an occasion for celebrating the shared values of the Asia Pacific profession in supporting the rule of law and protecting human rights, as well as striving to offer a universally high standard of legal services. It will focus on current issues in a range of areas. LAWASIA comprises over forty member organizations and has individual members from more than fifty countries island wide.
Upul Jayasuriya, Chairman of Organizing committee of the conference said that the decision taken by LAWASIA to have the annual conference in Sri Lanka this year signifies the trust and expectation the international community placed in the new government since it took office.
“After January 8, the democratic values in our country were re-established and the rule of law is upheld after a decade of authoritarianism. At least eight Chief Justices from the Asian region will be taking part in the conference,” Mr. Jayasuriya said.
Non-academic staff of State universities, on strike for over a week, hope to end their trade union action today, if talks with Deputy Minister of Higher Education Mohan Lal Grero, to be held this morning, provides a satisfactory solution to their problems.
Chairman of Sri Lanka University Trade Union Joint Committee (SLUTUJC) Edward Malwattage said they held two rounds of discussions yesterday,