Chandra Lekha Sriram Explained

Chandra Lekha Sriram (1971–2018) was Professor of Law at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).[1] She has written and lectured widely on conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding, human rights, international criminal law, and transitional justice. Her most recent monograph, Peace as governance: Power-sharing, armed groups, and contemporary peace negotiations (2008), offered a comparative critical examination of the use of power-sharing incentives in peace processes in Colombia, Sri Lanka, and Sudan.[2] Previous monographs on transitional justice and international criminal accountability, Confronting past human rights violations: Justice versus peace in times of transition (2004)[3] and Globalizing Justice for mass atrocities: A revolution in accountability (2005);[4] (reviewed in Human Rights Quarterly[5]) examined transitional justice and internationalized and externalized criminal justice processes in or for Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, El Salvador, Honduras, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and Argentina.

Book credits

Professor Sriram has co-edited or co-authored numerous books on human rights and armed conflict, including

University of East London School of Law

Professor Sriram was professor of human rights at the University of East London School of Law from 2005–2010, where she founded and directed the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict, an interdisciplinary research centre devoted to work on the intersection between human rights and conflict prevention, resolution, and peacebuilding.[15] As director of the Centre, she was principal investigator on several larger research grants, including, a large research grant from the British Academy, on Rule of law in African countries emerging from violent conflict: Critical issues and cases (2007–2009), which produced the edited volume Peacebuilding and Rule of Law in Africa: Just peace? (with Olga Martin-Ortega and Johanna Herman, 2010)[16] European Union Framework VII project on Just and Durable Peace by Piece (led by University of Lund, 2008–2011),[17] and a grant from the United States Institute of Peace (with the Norwegian Human Rights Centre, 2010–2012) on Transitional Justice as Peacebuilding.[18]

United Nations Development Programme

Professor Sriram has consulted for the United Nations Development Programme, Crisis Management International, Human Rights Internet, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, and other organizations. She was team leader of a team that produced, for the United Nations Development Programme, a guidance note on governance and conflict prevention and early recovery,[19] and is on the UNDP experts' roster as a human rights expert. From 2008-2010 she was chair of the Human Rights section of the International Studies Association.[20]

International Peace Institute

Professor Sriram directed the conflict prevention project at the International Peace Academy (now the International Peace Institute, a think tank which works primarily with the United Nations) from 2000-2003,[21] holding numerous conferences, workshops, and seminars with United Nations Security Council member state representatives, and key departments, funds and agencies of the United Nations, academics, and representatives of non-governmental organizations. From 2003-2005, she was a lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews,[22] after which she was a visiting associate professor in 2005 at the University of Maryland School of Law.[23] [24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SOAS Staff List . Soas.ac.uk . 2012-09-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130105010458/http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff61176.php . 2013-01-05 .
  2. http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=274909 Peace as governance: Power-sharing, armed groups, and contemporary peace negotiations
  3. http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/chandra-lekha-sriram/confronting-past-human-rights-violations/_/R-400000000000000060269 Confronting past human rights violations: Justice versus peace in times of transition
  4. Book: Globalizing Justice for mass atrocities: A revolution in accountability (2005) . 9780415371018 . 2012-09-09. Sriram . Chandra Lekha . 2005 . Taylor & Francis .
  5. 2012-09-08 . Project MUSE - Globalizing Justice for Mass Atrocities: A Revolution in Accountability (review) . Human Rights Quarterly . 28 . 2 . May 2006 . 542–546. The Johns Hopkins University Press . Ross, Amy . 1085-794X. 10.1353/hrq.2006.0022. 145716719 .
  6. Web site: Sriram. Martin-Ortega. Herman . War, Conflict and Human Rights: Theory and Practice (Paperback) . Routledge . 2009-07-03 . 2012-09-09.
  7. Schmid. Alex P. . 2009 . War, Conflict and Human Rights: Theory and Practice Review. Perspectives on Terrorism. 3. 4. 2012-09-09.
  8. Project MUSE - War, Conflict and Human Rights: Theory and Practice (review) . Christina M. . Morus . Human Rights Quarterly . 32 . 4 . November 2010 . 2012-09-09. 10.1353/hrq.2010.0020 . 1051–1057. 143720148 .
  9. Web site: UKZN Press' Peace vs Justice? The Dilemma of Transitional Justice in South Africa Wins a Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award | UKZN Press . https://archive.today/20130422001149/http://ukznpress.book.co.za/blog/2011/01/26/ukzn-press-peace-vs-justice-the-dilemma-of-transitional-justice-in-south-africa-wins-a-choice-outstanding-academic-title-award/ . dead . 2013-04-22 . Ukznpress.book.co.za . 2011-01-26 . 2012-09-09 .
  10. Book: International Law and International Relations: Bridging Theory and Practice (Hardback) . Routledge . 2006 . 2012-09-09.
  11. Book: Surviving Research: Doing Fieldwork in Violent and Difficult Situations . Routledge . 2009. 978-0415489348 . 2012-09-09.
  12. Book: Managing Armed Conflicts in the 21st Century . . 2001 . 9780714650944 . 2012-09-09.
  13. Book: From Promise to Practice: Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of Violent Conflict . . 2003 . 9781588261120 . 2012-09-09.
  14. Book: Exploring Subregional Conflict: Opportunities for Conflict Prevention. Lynne Rienner Publishers . 2004 . 9781588262196. 2012-09-09.
  15. Web site: CHRC . Uel.ac.uk . 2012-09-09.
  16. Book: Peacebuilding and Rule of Law in Africa: Just Peace?. Routledge . 2011 . 9780203848494. 2012-09-09.
  17. Web site: Lunds universitet . Just and Durable Peace by Piece Lund University . Justpeace.eu . 2012-09-09.
  18. Web site: CHRC . Uel.ac.uk . 2012-09-09.
  19. Web site: Oslo Governance Centre . UNDP . 2012-08-28 . 2012-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110628181954/http://www.undp.org/oslocentre/docs09/Governance_Conflict_GuidanceNote.pdf . 2011-06-28 . dead .
  20. Web site: Chair: Chandra Lekha Sriram (2008-2010) . https://web.archive.org/web/20080829184530/http://web.mac.com/vicfalls/HR-ISA/EXCOM.html . 2008-08-29.
  21. Web site: About IPA - People at IPA . International Peace Academy . https://web.archive.org/web/20030805082259/http://www.ipacademy.org/AboutIPA/PeopleIPA/AbouPeople_body.htm . August 5, 2003 . 2012-09-09 . dead .
  22. Web site: University of St Andrews - School of International Relations - Faculty and Staff . St-Andrews.ac.uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20050407221600/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/intrel/staff.html . 2005-04-07. 2012-09-09.
  23. Web site: University of Maryland School of Law - Faculty (2006). https://web.archive.org/web/20060206134649/http://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty_display.asp . 2006-02-06.
  24. http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2005/12/exporting-torture-us-rendition-and.php "Exporting Torture: US Rendition and European Outrage"

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