LankaWeb – Neither the 1956 Buddhist Committee of Inquiry nor the 1972 Republican Constitution intended to fight legal battles on the world stage, seeking financial restitution or monetary reparations from former colonial powers

Senaka Weeraratna Neither the 1956 Buddhist Committee of Inquiry (which produced the influential The Betrayal of Buddhism report) nor the 1972 Republican Constitution which gave foremost place to Buddhism in Article 9, intended to fight legal battles on the world stage, seeking financial restitution or monetary reparations from former colonial powers like Great Britain, Netherlands […]