Senaka Weeraratna The Animal Welfare Bill proposed by the Law Commission in 2006 (and verbatim reproduced in the Private Members Bill tabled by Ven. Athureliya Rathana Thera, in Parliament, in October 2010) has been hijacked by the Meat Trade and its collaborators and converted into an Animal Welfare Bill (2022) protecting not the innocent animals […]

Senaka Weeraratna Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) played a crucial and vocal role in 1963 in bringing international attention to the repression of Buddhists in South Vietnam under the Catholic-led regime of Ngo Dinh Diem. Sinhala Buddhist leaders, monks and laity, public organizations, and the government, led by Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, acted as a primary […]

Senaka Weeraratna The victory of King Wimaladharmasuriya I at the Battle of Danture in 1594 was a defining moment that secured the independence of the Kandyan Kingdom and preserved the Buddhist identity of Sri Lanka. By annihilating the Portuguese army, he prevented the total conquest of the island and the potential suppression of Buddhism under […]

සේනක වීරරත්න ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ බෞද්ධයෝ වියට්නාමයේ බෞද්ධයින්ට පෙර නොවූ විරූ ආකාරයකින් සහයෝගය දැක්වූහ. දකුණු වියට්නාමයේ අපගේ මධ්‍ය ආගමිකයින්ට අනුකම්පා කරමින් රට පුරා දැවැන්ත විරෝධතා පැවැත්විණි. මෙම ව්‍යාපාරය මෙහෙයවනු ලැබුවේ බෞද්ධ ජාතික බලවේගයේ (BJB) සභාපති එල්.එච්. මෙත්තානන්ද විසිනි. 1963 ඔක්තෝබර් මාසයේදී BJB විසින් සංවිධානය කරන ලද කොළඹ ආනන්ද විද්‍යාලයේ පැවති රැස්වීමකදී විරෝධතා උච්චතම අවස්ථාවට පැමිණියේය. මෙම […]

Senaka Weeraratna The Buddhists of Sri Lanka supported the Buddhists of Vietnam to the hilt in an unprecedented manner never seen before. Huge demonstrations were held all over the country in sympathy with our coreligionists in South Vietnam. The movement was led by L.H. Mettananda, President of the Bauddha Jathika Balavegaya (BJB). The demonstrations reached […]

Senaka Weeraratna The Burning Monk, Thich Quang Duc, became one of the most haunting images of the Vietnam War era. On June 11, 1963, he sat down in a Saigon intersection, and didn’t move. But behind the famous photograph is a deeper Buddhist story about persecution, nonviolent protest, meditative stillness, and the monk whose final […]

Senaka Weeraratna The Kingdom of Kandy (1594–1815) maintained a unique legal system rooted in Sinhalese customary law and oral tradition, which survived the colonial eras of the Portuguese and Dutch. Unlike the written codes of Europe, Kandyan law was dynamic, centered on the King as the supreme “fountain of justice” and guided by long-standing social […]

Senaka Weeraratna The visit emphasized several key principles that are seen as vital for the “purification” and revitalization of the Buddha Sasana in Sri Lanka:          Article 51A(g) states that it is the duty of every citizen of India:  “to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife, and […]

Senaka Weeraratna Cricket lovers have a new opportunity to appeal to the New Cricket Reform Committee to give due priority to promoting Sri Lanka as the home of the Player Referral system (DRS) and extend long overdue official recognition to the author of the Player – Referral concept lawyer Senaka Weeraratna.  see Mass resignation of Shammi […]

Senaka Weeraratna The mass resignation of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Shammi Silva and the entire Executive Committee (ExCo) was officially confirmed on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. This voluntary exit, reportedly requested by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to avoid a forced “sacking” and potential ICC suspension, has paved the way for an interim committee to […]

Obituary  KARUNADASA – PROF. EMERITUS Y. KARUNADASA Sabbe sankhārā aniccā” passed away peacefully on 27th April 2026. Dearly beloved husband of Malathi, loving father of Himansu and Hemamala, cherished father-in-law of Deepani and Srinivasan, adoring grandfather of Sirini, Daham and Athena. Remains lie at the Jayaratne Restpect Funeral Parlour from 8.30 a.m. on 29th April […]

Senaka Weeraratna  What should the Government of Sri Lanka do to contain the adverse effects on Sri Lanka in the rest of the World by the spread of the false narrative and pseudo history that the Buddha was born in Sri Lanka, including instituting action in court for wilful distortion of historical fact and diabolical […]

Senaka Weeraratna Venerable Bhikkhu Paññākāra (also known as Sư Tuệ Nhân) is a Vietnamese-born Buddhist monk who recently gained global recognition as a “Peace Monk” for his 2,300-mile “Walk for Peace” across the United States. While the title “world’s most influential” is subjective, his recent pilgrimages have made him one of the most visible modern […]

Source:   A1 Overview On November 14, 2018, Sri Lankan attorney Senaka Weeraratna addressed a symposium at the Japanese Diet (Parliament). Invited by the Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact, he delivered a keynote speech titled “Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour ignited the liberation of Asia from Western domination – Time for Asia to express gratitude […]

Source: National WW11 Museum, New Orleans, USA https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/justice-radhabinod-pal-tokyo-war-crimes-trial At the Tokyo Tribunal, Justice Radhabinod Pal voted for the acquittal of all the defendants on all counts.  Pal’s dissent, more than 1,230 pages in length, reveals the fissures within the attempts to bring to justice Japanese war criminals. The last of the justices selected for the […]

Senaka Weeraratna (Concept) Clear Japan’s name from the records of the Tokyo Trials (1946 – 1948) of committing war crimes – A moral challenge for Sri Lanka to expose the hypocrisy and double standards of International Criminal Law as a follow up to J.R.Jayewardene’s breathtaking plea for love and compassion to be shown to Japan at […]

Senaka Weeraratna Justice Radhabinod Pal (1886–1967), the only judge at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal (1946–1948) to find all Japanese defendants not guilty, remains a towering figure in international law for his critique of “Victor’s Justice”.  The call for his posthumous felicitation in Sri Lanka centers on his rejection of retroactive laws and his stance […]

Senaka Weeraratna     The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), or the Tokyo Trial (1946–1948), remains a cornerstone for debating the legitimacy of international criminal law. While often overshadowed by Nuremberg, the Tokyo Trial’s “one-sided” nature and the radical dissent of Justice Radhabinod Pal have gained renewed relevance in contemporary legal discourse, especially […]

Senaka Weeraratna The fastest-conquering empire in world history took 75 years to fail in India. This is not a footnote. This is the most suppressed military story in medieval history. A forensic breakdown of 13 Arab expeditions, 5 dead commanders, and the Hindu kingdoms that broke the Umayyad Caliphate — backed by their own documents.  […]

Senaka Weeraratna  Sri Lanka’s Legal Education system values uncritically the inheritance of Roman – Dutch Law but nobody has ever complained that the very same Roman Dutch law was used by the Dutch East India Company to issue Placarts banning Buddhism and Hinduism as Cannibal faiths in 1711 and 1732.  Sri Lanka’s law schools have […]

Credits: Organised by the Sinhala Association (UK) Apr 12, 2026 #srilankahistory #Channel4 #RightToReply This rare archival footage captures a historic Channel 4 UK Right to Reply” programme (1986), featuring a response to the controversial documentary A Troubled Paradise” (1985), produced by Tim Cooper.  The programme presents a critical perspective from Douglas Wickramaratne, alongside Chandra Monerawela, […]

Senaka Weeraratna During the Dutch colonial period in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the Dutch East India Company (VOC) issued several Placaaten (decrees or edicts) designed to suppress non-Protestant religions, including Buddhism and Hinduism, with particularly severe actions taken in the 1710s and 1730s.  https://share.google/aimode/aCJIYyh6eZ13ncrN5 AI Overview ……………………………………. see also https://share.google/aimode/FZOdytx302xHxZLUx Several repressive placaarts (official proclamations) were […]

Senaka Weeraratna @SenakaWeeraratna 0 seconds ago Christopher Schweitzer was a German serving in the Dutch forces in Ceylon. The voyage of Christopher Schweitzer from Wurtenberg, Germany who spent time in Ceylon in the 1670s has left an interesting account.  While in Ceylon between 1676 – 1682 Schweitzer refers to the visit of a Persian Delegation […]

Source: AI Overview ICC is duty bound to uphold and promote the ‘ Spirit of Cricket’. ‘ Natural Justice ‘ is a cardinal component of the latter. ICC is mandated by its fundamentals to resolve the dispute on the ownership of Player Referral (DRS) Intellectual Property by invoking Natural Justice principles rather than misleading legal […]

Courtesy: AI Overview ‘User pays’ principle must be applied with respect to use of Player Referral (DRS) in Cricket. Player Referral is an Intellectual Property Gold Mine for Sri Lanka. It has transcended Cricket and is now used in several other Sports. Not one red cent has so far been paid to Sri Lanka or its […]

AI Overview Many International Sports that now adopt the Player – Referral method are legally bound to pay Royalties to Sri Lanka (Home country of the inventor). These sums are not small.   Sri Lanka has a significant national stake in the global recognition of Senaka Weeraratna , a Sri Lankan lawyer,  as the true inventor of the Player-Referral […]

Source: AI Overview DRS Rule is exponentially far superior to DLS method, because DRS operates in all three formats of the game of cricket while DLS is confined to one small segment i.e., rain affected one day international games. Yet DLS authors have been granted naming rights while the name of the author of DRS […]

AI දළ විශ්ලේෂණය ක්‍රිකට් ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ තීරණ සමාලෝචන පද්ධතිය (DRS) ලෙස බහුලව හඳුන්වන ක්‍රීඩක යොමු කිරීමේ ක්‍රමය, ගෝලීය ක්‍රීඩා ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ ශ්‍රී ලාංකික නවෝත්පාදනයේ උච්චතම අවස්ථාව ලෙස පුළුල් ලෙස සැලකේ. තාක්‍ෂණය භාවිතයෙන් ක්‍රීඩකයින්ට පිටියේ විනිසුරු තීරණවලට අභියෝග කිරීමට ඉඩ සලසන මෙම පෙරළිකාර සංකල්පය මුලින්ම යෝජනා කරන ලද්දේ ශ්‍රී ලාංකික නීතිඥයෙකු වන සේනක වීරරත්න විසිනි. ක්‍රීඩකයින්ට විනිසුරු තීරණවලට […]

AI Overview The Player Referral System, more commonly known as the Decision Review System (DRS) in cricket, is widely regarded as a pinnacle of Sri Lankan innovation in global sports. This groundbreaking concept, which allows players to challenge on-field umpiring decisions using technology, was first proposed by Senaka Weeraratna, a Sri Lankan lawyer.  As an […]

Source: AI Overview Sri Lankan roots in the Player – Referral system of Cricket (DRS) and an increasing number of sports, involving use of Sri Lankan intellectual property by others without consent, has generated an untapped Revenue Bonanza. Act now and seize this income potential for Sri Lanka The Decision Review System (DRS), now a […]