National Legal Framework for IDPs in Sri Lanka: A Critical Analysis

This study places special attention on evaluating constitutional provisions that affect IDPs, on legislation pertaining to displacement, and the National Legal Framework for Relief, Rehabilitation, and Reconciliation (NFRRR). Sri Lanka is used as a case study to operationalize a general theoretical discussion of IDP legal frameworks in a concrete national context. Therefore, critical attention is given to an alternative solution in a binding national legal framework for Sri Lanka’s IDPs. Accordingly, the analysis suggests that adopting a national legal framework through an Act of Parliament will lessen the viability of vicious cycles of crime and poverty developing nationwide, contributing thereby to integral development in Sri Lanka.