Savitri Goonesekere


Savitri Goonesekere is a jurist and academic from Sri Lanka. She is an international expert on the rights of children.

Career

Goonesekere was appointed as Professor of Law at the Open University of Sri Lanka in 1983. She worked as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo from 1999 until 2002 and served on the editorial board of the United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children.
A prolific writer, Goonasekere was instrumental in the evolution of modern legal education in Sri Lanka. Her works on family law and child labour issues include: Child Labour in Sri Lanka: Learning from the Past ; Children, Law and Justice: A South Asian Perspective ; and as editor, Violence, Law, and Women's Rights in South Asia.

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