Jump to content

A. Rohan Perera

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Dewritech (talk | contribs) at 12:52, 17 August 2016 (clean up, typo(s) fixed: 32 year → 32-year using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Amrith Rohan Perera, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer and diplomat, and current Sri Lankan permanent representative to the United Nations. He was a former legal adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. He is a current member of the International Law Commission[1] Perera has also served as a member of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission and adviser to the All Party Representatives Committee.

He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an assistant legal adviser. In a 32-year career Perera negotiated several bi-lateral and multilateral treaties in areas of foreign trade, investment, maritime boundary regimes, mutual legal assistance and extradition on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka.

He has served as a visiting lecturer in International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute and at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, the Law College Law Review and the Sri Lanka Journal of International Law

See also

References