Diversity and Conflict/Minority Issues
![Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera speaks during the 30th regular session at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Sri Lanka told the U.N. Human Rights Council it plans to implement change to foster postwar reconciliation with the country’s Tamil minority [photo credit: AFP]](/sites/default/files/bn-kh130_srilan_j_20150914112509_-_afp_0.jpg "Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera speaks during the 30th regular session at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Sri Lanka told the U.N. Human Rights Council it plans to implement change to foster postwar reconciliation with the country’s Tamil minority [photo credit: AFP]")
News
14 September 2015
Sri Lanka promises reforms for post-war reconciliation to UN Human Rights Council
![Sushil Koirala and Pushpa Kamal Dahal greeting each other as the CA puts amendment proposals to vote on Sunday [photo credit: The Himalayan Times]](/sites/default/files/koirala-dahal-ca_-_the_himalayan_times._jpg_0.jpg "Sushil Koirala and Pushpa Kamal Dahal greeting each other as the CA puts amendment proposals to vote on Sunday [photo credit: The Himalayan Times]")
News
14 September 2015
Nepal constituent assembly votes on final constitution draft
![Karen National Union (KNU) chairman Mutu Say Poe (R) talks to Myanmar"s President Thein Sein at a meeting between the president and ethnic rebel groups to discuss a nationwide ceasefire agreement in Naypyitaw September 9, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/myanmar_-_reuters_0.jpeg "Karen National Union (KNU) chairman Mutu Say Poe (R) talks to Myanmar\"s President Thein Sein at a meeting between the president and ethnic rebel groups to discuss a nationwide ceasefire agreement in Naypyitaw September 9, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]")
News
10 September 2015
Myanmar president discusses peace talks while opposition calls for a robust pact
News
9 September 2015
Nepal groups threaten walk out of constitution process as minority issues become divisive
News
9 September 2015
Foreign Minister says Ukraine regional elections will destabilise Minsk agreeement
![Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/poroshenko_-_rt_0.jpg "Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko [photo credit: Reuters]")
News
8 September 2015
Ukraine: Poroshenko speaks on decentralisation and ending the conflict
![Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, right, listens to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa after the first meeting of the members of parliament since the election on Aug. 17, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 [photo credit: AP]](/sites/default/files/sri_lanka_leader_-_ap_0.jpg "Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, right, listens to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa after the first meeting of the members of parliament since the election on Aug. 17, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 [photo credit: AP]")
News
2 September 2015
Sri Lanka leader urges new parliament to provide reforms for ethnic harmony
![Smoke rises from the parliament building in Kiev as activists from radical Ukrainian parties, including the nationalist Svoboda, clash with police [photo credit: AFP]](/sites/default/files/ukraine_fighting_-_afp_0.jpg "Smoke rises from the parliament building in Kiev as activists from radical Ukrainian parties, including the nationalist Svoboda, clash with police [photo credit: AFP]")
News
1 September 2015
Violence erupts in Ukraine in opposition to planned decentralisation in constitution
Voices From The Field
31 August 2015
Sri Lanka after the Elections: Challenges and Opportunities for Further Reform
Voices From The Field
31 August 2015
The road to hell is paved with good intentions: how the special status for Donbas will destabilize Ukraine