Use of Confessionary Evidence under the Counter-Terrorism Laws of Sri Lanka
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confession evidence in terrorism prosecutions
confessions
counterterrorism legal framework
Criminal Justice
emergency powers Sri Lanka
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Ethnic Conflict
Formula of Justice
human rights violations
interrogation techniques analysis
ltte
Martyrdom
state of exception theory
Tamil Tiger
terrorism
transitional justice studies
War
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- ISBN 9781041189312
- Weight: 420g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 2025
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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For more than three decades, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fought a gruesome war for independence against the majoritarian Sinhalese government of Sri Lanka. Even as the government fought LTTE on the battlefield, it also pursued a legal war through the enactment of counterterrorism laws that permitted indefinite detention and the use of confessions as sole evidence. This book applies theoretical insights from the work of philosophers such as Carl Schmitt, Giorgio Agamben, and Michel Foucault to the Sri Lankan context to examine the conflicting narratives relating to these laws produced by both sides in the conflict.
Dr. Visakesa worked as a human rights lawyer and an independent arts practitioner in Sri Lanka and Australia. He has written and presented several creative pieces including Forbidden Area, a play, The King and the Assassin, a fiction and Frangipani, a feature film.
