Jayalath Jayawardena

Dr Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena MP (born 16 August 1953) is a qualified medical officer who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposition United National Party (UNP) in 1994. Jayawardena is known as a human rights activist.

Jayawardena, as the Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Refugees was once invited by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to deliver a speech on "Sustainable Voluntary Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons" in Geneva.

References

* [http://www.article2.org/mainfile.php/0404/206/ President puts a life at risk: The Jayalath Jayawardena Case, the UN Human Rights Committee Decisions] "Article 2", Vol 4, issue 4. Asian Legal Resource Centre, 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2006-12-01
* [http://www.icj.org/news.php3?id_article=2591&lang=en Sri Lanka - Attacks on Justice 2000] International Commission of Jurists, 2001-08-13. Retrieved 2006-12-01