Abstract:
Since the civil war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009, governments have
implemented a variety of programmes to advance the process of
reconciliation. However, after 13 years of that victory, Sri Lanka is still
struggling to acquire reconciliation in the country and it appears far off. So, it
is questionable that though there are lots of institutes and programs to
implement reconciliation within the country, why Sri Lanka has yet failed to
acquire it. Accordingly, the overall objective of the research was to investigate
the effectiveness of the peacebuilding mechanism adopted by Sri Lanka,
2009-2020. Overall, this research is qualitative in nature and both primary
and secondary data were used. Primary data were collected by experts via
structured interviews and the purposive sampling method was used. The
secondary data were collected using various journal articles, governmental
and non-governmental reports, legal reports, websites, and books. Also, the
study has utilized content analysis and a descriptive narrative to analyze the
findings. This study will be significant especially for academics and
policymakers as it fulfilled the knowledge gap in the areas of conflict
transformation and reconciliation. Also, this study will aid with useful
observations and conclusions to our society or to any other society engaged
in a reconciliatory process in a post-conflict situation in adopting the right
practice along with the right standards. Also, despite multiple peacebuilding
efforts by the government, the move towards peacebuilding progammes in Sri
Lanka remains ineffective.
