Staff | Department of Law

Ms. Ruvini Katugaha

Lecturer

LL.M (HR), LL.B, Attorney-at-Law

Department of Law
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About Me

Ms. Ruvini Katugaha obtained her LL.B. from the Department of Law of the University of Peradeniya. She received a full scholarship to pursue her postgraduate studies in Human Rights Law at the University of Hong Kong in 2018. She teaches subjects such as; Mooting, International Humanitarian Law, Legal Research and Writing etc. at the Department of Law and serves as a Mooting Coordinator of the Department. Her research interests include human rights law, environmental law, entertainment law, and law and technology. She has also served as a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Science (Environmental Science Degree programme) of the University of Peradeniya.

Education

LL.M in Human Rights

University of Hong Kong

LL.B

University of Peradeniya

Current Positions

Departmental Representative to the Arts Faculty Quality Assurance Cell - Department of Law, University of Peradeniya

Mentorship Coordinator - Department of Law, University of Peradeniya

Department Internship Coordinator, CIVCO - Department of Law, University of Peradeniya

Mooting Coordinator - Department of Law, University of Peradeniya

Visiting Lecturer (Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences) - University of Peradeniya

Visiting Lecturer (Faculty of Sciences) - University of Peradeniya

Positions Held

Member: Organizing Committee and Funding Committee, International Conference on Humanities & Social Sciences (ICHSS), University of Peradeniya (2017) - University of Peradeniya

Reviewer, iPURSE International Research Sessions (2021) - University of Peradeniya

Associate Editor, Hong Kong Journal of Legal Studies (2019) - University of Hong Kong

2019

Member of the Editorial Team for the International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (ICHSS) organized by the University of Peradeniya, Faculty of Arts (2017) - University of Peradeniya

Secretary of the Staff Welfare Guild - Department of Law, University of Peradeniya

2019-2021

Voluntary Student Counselor - University of Peradeniya

2016- 2018

Memberships

Charter member - Peradeniya University Toastmasters Club

Member - Bar Association of Sri Lanka - BASL

Awards

Recipient of the Wong family full scholarship (2018/19) to pursue a Master of Laws in Human Rights at the University of Hong Kong. - University of Hong Kong

(2018/19)

Neelakandan Thiruchelvam gold medal for excellence in Constitutional Law - University of Peradeniya

2015

Publications

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Ruvini Katugaha, “The Need for a Regional Mechanism to Combat Piracy in the South Asian Region”, Conference Proceedings, 10th International Research Conference of Kotalawala Defense University (2017)

http://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/1735

Ruvini Katugaha, “Balancing the Absence of a Right to Education in the Constitution of Sri Lanka: Recognition of the Right to Education through Recent Court Decisions”, Conference Proceedings, International Symposium of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (ICSUSL) (2017)

http://repo.lib.sab.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1385

Ruvini Katugaha, “The Need for a Regional Anti-corruption Convention in South Asia: The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and its impact on the South Asian countries”, Conference Proceedings, 6th Biennial Workshop and Conference of the ASIANSIL Korean chapter, Seoul, South Korea (2017)

Creative Work

Prize-winner of the International Poetry and Theatre Competition Castello di Duino X edition

Prize winner, Commonwealth Youth Council, ‘Unseen and Unspoken Poetry Competition’ on disability rights- First Runner-up in Asia (over 18 criteria)

"The Polkichcha", short story publication in the anthology in collaboration with the British Council Unbound Creative Writing Project (A component of CARE International’s YOUTH CREATE Project)

"Chocolates in the freezer", short story publication in the anthology (Write to Reconcile) edited by Shyam Selvadurai in collaboration with the American and Norwegian Embassy of Sri Lanka

Research Interests

Law and technology

Entertainment Law

International Humanitarian Law

Environmental Law

Human Rights Law