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Volume 02| Issue 01

BCIS Publications . Contd.

Plight of Rohingyas: Absence of Universal
Consensus on Statelessness

The Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) launched its third
Issue of the Monograph Series titled Plight of Rohingyas: Absence of
Universal Consensus on Statelessness. Authored by Surangika Jayarathne
and Senuri Samarasinghe, the monograph examines the Rohingya Refugee
Crisis in light of the key challenges in arriving at universal consensus on the
treatment of displaced stateless people. It goes on to analyze how the mere
existence of global regimes and legal mechanisms prove insuf icient to
ensure universally equitable treatment for those who are affected, and the
dire need for political will and consensus in implementation in order to
ensure universal consensus on statelessness

BCIS at the 1 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Peoples

Forum

The Bandaranaike Centre for
International Studies (BCIS) was
invited for the irst Shanghai
Cooperation Organization Peoples
Forum in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province,
China.

The delegation which was led by the
Deputy Director, George Cooke, also
included post graduate students
Suhashie Mallimarachchi and
Tharindu Wickramasinghe.

The SCO Peoples Forum brought
together delegates from member
states and dialogue partner states for
deliberations on the impact of the
Organization, the involvement of civil
society and the scope of regionalism.

The panel discussion on ‘Eliminating
poverty and improving people’s
livelihood’ was chaired by the Deputy
Director of the BCIS.

The delegates also visited the cities of
Yan’an, Shanghai and Beijing, to gain
deeper understanding of China’s
economic drive, during this visit which
was coordinated by CNIE, the national
non-pro it civil society organization in
China.

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