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2010.
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| Summary/Abstract |
It has been 18 months since the cessation of the armed conflict between the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the rebel forces of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Although the war has finally come to an end, one cannot conclude that the core issue of Tamil minority rights and cultural autonomy has been resolved. Drawing from the theory of multiculturalism, this paper argues that the Sri Lankan state has interpreted and assessed minority group rights and cultural autonomy as a threat to its national security, thereby securitising the debate on Tamil minority rights, which led to a self-fulfilling prophesy. Moreover, it argues that the end of the civil war presents an opportunity for the state to shift its interpretive logic of minority rights from security to justice in order to address the core issue of cultural autonomy in Sri Lanka.
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