Sinha Basnayake
Sinha Basnayake, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer. He was a former Director of the General Legal Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs[1] and a member of the UN Internal Justice Council.[2]
Son of the prominent lawyer Hema Henry Basnayake, QC; he was educated at the Royal College, Colombo and graduated with a first-class in law from the University of Oxford. After qualifying as a barrister he joined the UN as a Legal Officer in the International Trade Law Branch of the Office of Legal Affairs,[3] eventually becoming its Director. Appointed a President's Counsel by the government of Sri Lanka, he has served in many committees of the UN.
- In 1999, he served as the Secretary of the group of legal experts of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.[2]
- In 2004, he served as a member of the Special Panel set up by the Secretary-General to investigate and report on the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad.[2]
- In 2005, he served as the Secretary of the Group set up by the Secretary-General to study the criminal accountability of staff and experts on mission serving in peacekeeping operations, as suggested by the Prince Zeid report on a comprehensive strategy to eliminate future sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations peacekeeping operations.[2]
- In 2009, he was a member of a UN Board of Inquiry that reviewed and investigated several incidents in the Gaza Strip in which death or injuries occurred at, and/or damage was done to, United Nations premises or in the course of United Nations operations.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "United Nations Photo - d29.jpg". dam.media.un.org. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
- ^ a b c d "Secretary-General Appoints Independent Experts to Redesign System of Administration of Justice". United Nations | Information Service Vienna. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ Basnayake, Sinha. "Selected Problems of Construction Law: International Approach". The American Journal of Comparative Law. 34 (2): 391. doi:10.2307/840154. JSTOR 840154. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "United Nations | UN News Global perspective Human stories". 12 February 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2023.