The First Christmas Without Our Santa Claus: Remembering Dietrich

Dietrich has been described at times as Santa Claus. And because of this, during the festive season, Dietrich would become more special a person. This is the first Christmas we are going to celebrate without his physical existence. Dietrich was a kind, thoughtful and great human being. As far I am aware, his punctuality and time-keeping was to the second, from starting classes on time to taking a quick nap while his vehicle stopped at the traffic light! Unfortunately, we could not delay his final departure. We never thought that death would come to Dietrich so quickly. As my friend Mark wrote: Dietrich never liked to be late for anything....

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Challenges Ahead: Sri Lanka's mass atrocities and international justice

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”-  Edmund Burke Elections and the Engineers of Mass Atrocities  Sri Lanka, a country currently under international scrutiny for its violation of international humanitarian law and human rights law during the final phase of the war in Mullivaaikaal in the country’s north, is preparing for its seventh presidential election scheduled to be held on 8 January 2015. Three consecutive resolutions concerning wartime mass atrocities and accountability in Sri Lanka were adopted respectively in March 2012, March 2013 and March 2014 at the UN Human Rights Council....

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