Savitri Goonesekere

Who is Savitri Goonesekere?

Savitri Goonesekere is a jurist and academic from Sri Lanka. She is an international expert on the rights of children. A prolific writer, Goonasekere was instrumental in the evolution of modern legal education in Sri Lanka. Her works on family law and child labour issues include: Child Labour in Sri Lanka: Learning from the Past; Children, Law and Justice: A South Asian Perspective; and as editor, Violence, Law, and Women's Rights in South Asia.

She worked as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo and serves on the editorial board of the United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children.