Danushka Medawatte
@dmedawatte.bsky.social
Associate Lecturer in International Law at SOAS
PhD candidate @KentLawSchool, LLM (Harvard).
Working and writing on transitional justice, feminisms, ethnicity, and impacts of (armed) conflicts.
Mother and wife (she/her).
PhD candidate @KentLawSchool, LLM (Harvard).
Working and writing on transitional justice, feminisms, ethnicity, and impacts of (armed) conflicts.
Mother and wife (she/her).
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Rural women and their access to the law | 12 | Gendering the promise o
Women’s access to formal legal justice is often beset by several obstacles of which low legal literacy, access to information, costs, stigma attached to going
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This is our chapter in "In the Shadow of Transitional Justice" where we write of the belief of a just world using the narrative of a rural woman who refused to engage with the formal court process when her family members were disappeared.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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December 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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A walk on the beach
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A walk on the beach
Academic article: "Women were recruited to increase manpower on the battlefield..."
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December 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Academic article: "Women were recruited to increase manpower on the battlefield..."
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Right out of the textbooks. Literally "Them."
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Right out of the textbooks. Literally "Them."
My country Sri Lanka is suffering right now from cyclones, landslides, and flash floods that have claimed the lives of many. If you can, please consider supporting a flood relief initiative recognised by the government.
The details are available in the following link:
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The details are available in the following link:
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Govt invites overseas Sri Lankans and foreign nationals to support disaster relief efforts
The Government has announced that Sri Lankans residing overseas and foreign nationals may contribute to relief efforts for those affected by the current disaster situation in the country
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November 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My country Sri Lanka is suffering right now from cyclones, landslides, and flash floods that have claimed the lives of many. If you can, please consider supporting a flood relief initiative recognised by the government.
The details are available in the following link:
share.google/X6K0eXH7MwBP...
The details are available in the following link:
share.google/X6K0eXH7MwBP...
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Syria’s National Commission for Transitional Justice is researching the world’s best practices to forge its own path to peace and reconciliation following years of conflict. Members are learning from Rwanda’s experience in “overcoming the effects of genocide for community peace.”
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Rwanda provides inspiration for charting Syria’s path to national reconciliation - New Face of Syria
28 October 2025. Syria’s National Commission for Transitional Justice is researching the world’s best practices to forge its own path to peace and reconciliation following years of conflict. Members ...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Syria’s National Commission for Transitional Justice is researching the world’s best practices to forge its own path to peace and reconciliation following years of conflict. Members are learning from Rwanda’s experience in “overcoming the effects of genocide for community peace.”
wp.me/pgslGE-PH
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Why were we force-fed AI when we just asked for Word not to get stuck when we produce a document with 100 pages?!!
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Why were we force-fed AI when we just asked for Word not to get stuck when we produce a document with 100 pages?!!
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who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
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“banality of evil” doesn’t quite say it
October 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“banality of evil” doesn’t quite say it
I was today years old when I realised that it is perfectly normal to propose on mainstream media that some of the most vulnerable people in human society like the homeless persons should be killed... how very convenient.
Free speech, eh?!
Free speech, eh?!
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I was today years old when I realised that it is perfectly normal to propose on mainstream media that some of the most vulnerable people in human society like the homeless persons should be killed... how very convenient.
Free speech, eh?!
Free speech, eh?!
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Me to the latest draft of my thesis:
September 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Me to the latest draft of my thesis:
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September 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
So... she does not like immigrants but she herself is an immigrant?
Make this make sense...
Would she like to be treated with contempt and disrespect because she is an immigrant? I think not. But she is speaking with such contempt about others who are immigrants just like her.
Make this make sense...
Would she like to be treated with contempt and disrespect because she is an immigrant? I think not. But she is speaking with such contempt about others who are immigrants just like her.
British immigrant to Spain tells GB News the reason she moved to Benidorm is that there are too many immigrants in the UK
And her friend says the cost of living is lower and better inside the European Union than back in the UK which is outside the EU
And her friend says the cost of living is lower and better inside the European Union than back in the UK which is outside the EU
August 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
So... she does not like immigrants but she herself is an immigrant?
Make this make sense...
Would she like to be treated with contempt and disrespect because she is an immigrant? I think not. But she is speaking with such contempt about others who are immigrants just like her.
Make this make sense...
Would she like to be treated with contempt and disrespect because she is an immigrant? I think not. But she is speaking with such contempt about others who are immigrants just like her.
I do not need AI that writes essays. I need AI to understand sections breaks and what it means when I say restart footnotes in each section in word.
Apparently that's too much to ask
Apparently that's too much to ask
August 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I do not need AI that writes essays. I need AI to understand sections breaks and what it means when I say restart footnotes in each section in word.
Apparently that's too much to ask
Apparently that's too much to ask
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Forthcoming fantasy (?) book for us who work in academia.
Two PhDers (both magicians) need to go to hell to rescue the soul of their dead supervisor so that he can write their recommendation letters. The PhDers want to become tenure track magicians, instead of just being magicians.
Two PhDers (both magicians) need to go to hell to rescue the soul of their dead supervisor so that he can write their recommendation letters. The PhDers want to become tenure track magicians, instead of just being magicians.
August 1, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Forthcoming fantasy (?) book for us who work in academia.
Two PhDers (both magicians) need to go to hell to rescue the soul of their dead supervisor so that he can write their recommendation letters. The PhDers want to become tenure track magicians, instead of just being magicians.
Two PhDers (both magicians) need to go to hell to rescue the soul of their dead supervisor so that he can write their recommendation letters. The PhDers want to become tenure track magicians, instead of just being magicians.
"We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war."
Slow clap 👏 👏 👏
Slow clap 👏 👏 👏
July 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war."
Slow clap 👏 👏 👏
Slow clap 👏 👏 👏
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this lady done taught her pups how to play uno and they’re crashing out lmaoooo
July 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
this lady done taught her pups how to play uno and they’re crashing out lmaoooo
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I don't understand rich people who spend their money on yachts and partying. If I had the time and the money I'd spend it on classes to learn to sing, draw, paint, weave, make pottery, carve wood, all the random skills I do not currently have. Become a true renaissance man. That's the real flex.
July 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I don't understand rich people who spend their money on yachts and partying. If I had the time and the money I'd spend it on classes to learn to sing, draw, paint, weave, make pottery, carve wood, all the random skills I do not currently have. Become a true renaissance man. That's the real flex.
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I saved a bee. It's not much and it fair focuses your humanity and empathy for the wider world, but it's a wee fluttery life 🌻
July 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I saved a bee. It's not much and it fair focuses your humanity and empathy for the wider world, but it's a wee fluttery life 🌻
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Men who fetishize having a "traditional woman" and obsess over women being modest, obedient, quiet, submissive and homemakers are walking red flags.
What they mean is they want a slave, a free SW, and someone to baby them. They want free labor.
What they mean is they want a slave, a free SW, and someone to baby them. They want free labor.
July 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Men who fetishize having a "traditional woman" and obsess over women being modest, obedient, quiet, submissive and homemakers are walking red flags.
What they mean is they want a slave, a free SW, and someone to baby them. They want free labor.
What they mean is they want a slave, a free SW, and someone to baby them. They want free labor.