By Dr Visakesa Chandrasekaram

Books

Visakesa V, 2025, An interdisciplinary study on the use of confessionary evidence in Sri Lanka [2016] Amsterdam University Press., https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048531233/the-use-of-confessionary-evidence-under-the-counter-terrorism-laws-of-sri-lanka

Book Chapters

Visakesa V, 2021, ''There is more to bullying and harassment; Examining workplace violence within the context of fundamental rights jurisdiction of Sri Lanka'', in Law in defence of human integrity [2021] University of Colombo.

Journal articles

Visakesa V, 2024, ''Adopting Community Law Centre model to deliver Clinical Legal Education'', UGC Law Journal, Vol 1, 2024.

Visakesa V; Tyne M, 2024, 'Aragalaya: Sri Lanka’s ‘Occupy’ moment, plural political enactments, and the end of the Rajapaksas'', Australasian Drama Studies, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.T2024121800005300892972785

Visakesa V, 2022, ''Respectful conduct in public school community in Sri Lanka: Exploring the policy and program framework'', International Journal of Governance and Public Policy Analysis, 2021, 03, 01., https://journals.sjp.ac.lk/index.php/ijgppa/article/view/5572

Visakesa V, 2020, 'Constitutionally Recognised "Other": The Fundamental Rights of LGBTI People in Sri Lanka'', Sri Lanka Journal of International Law, 2020 JIL 28, 117., https://jil.law.cmb.ac.lk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Vol28_05.pdf

Chandrasekaram V, 2010, 'The Art of Human Rights Education: Applying Community Cultural Development Methods in Human Rights Education', Political Crossroads, 17, pp. 37 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.7459/pc/17.1.04

Conference Presentations

Visakesa V, 2022, 'Adopting a community lawyering model for clinical legal education in Sri Lanka’s state-run law schools', presented at 2022 GAJE-IJCLE-SAULCA Worldwide Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa., 11 December 2022 - 15 December 2022

Visakesa V, 2022, 'Bee & the Butterfly; the metamorphosis of the queer protagonist in Sri Lankan Cinema', presented at Nation-building and the creation of a ‘New Community’ in contemporary Sri Lankan art, TU Dresden, Germany., 09 March 2022 - 11 March 2022

Visakesa V, 2014, 'Accidental HR Manager; there is more to hiring and firing', presented at 2014 National Community Legal Centres Conference, Alice Springs, Australia, 12 August 2014 - 15 August 2014

Visakesa V, 2010, 'Drama & Dance for Human Rights; Applying arts in human rights education', presented at 2010 International Conference on Human Rights Education, Sydney, Australia, 04 November 2010 - 06 November 2010

Visakesa V, 2004, 'Community legal education through forum theatre', presented at 2004 National Community Legal Centres Conference, Adelaide, Australia., 29 August 2004 - 04 September 2024

Visakesa V, 2004, 'Theatre for community legal education and conflict resolution education', presented at 2003 Performance Studies International Conference, Singapore, 15 June 2004 - 18 June 2004

Visakesa V, 2003, 'Human rights education through community cultural development programs', presented at 2003 National Community Legal Centres Conference, Hobart, Australia, 31 August 2003 - 03 September 2003

Reports

Visakesa V, 2022, Creative Equity Toolkits: Authored four Sri Lankan community-arts based case studies, 2022, Diversity Arts Australia

Visakesa V, 2020, Whole school culture fostering social cohesion in Sri Lanka [2020] The British Council

Visakesa V, 2016, One Confession, Two Confessors: A forensic Linguistic analysis of Confessions Submitted in the High Court Cases of Nallarathnam Singarasa and Sellapulle Mahendran [2016] ICES, https://www.ices.lk/publications-1/one-confession%2C-two-confessors-%3A-a-forensic-linguistic-analysis-of-confessions-submitted-in-the-high-court-cases-of-nallarathnam-singarasa-and-sellapulle-mahendran

Curatorial Outputs

Visakesa V, 2023, Now you must bear witness, a video art installation [2023], exhibited at: Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 15 December 2023 - 17 December 2023

Creative Written Works

Visakesa V, 2013, The King and the Assassin, a fiction [2014], Ravaya Publication, Sri Lanka

Visakesa V, 2011, Tigers Don’t Confess, a fiction [2012]

Recorded / Rendered Creative Works

Visakesa V, 2025, Munnel, a feature narrative film, 102 min [2023], Published: 20 May 2025, Duration: 01:40:00, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O58HPUsZ_E

Visakesa V, 2024, Journey, a film-essay, 65 min [2024], Published: 01 June 2024, Duration: 01:05:00, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ag0zIJ1Q8g

Visakesa V, 2019, Paangshu; a feature narrative film, 85 min [2018], Published: 01 September 2019, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAZcQxtmDzw

Visakesa V, 2014, Frangipani a feature narrative film, 90 min [2014], Published: 30 January 2014, Duration: 01:30:00, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB3dTftE7Hg

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