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Binendri Perera is a Lecturer (Probationary) at the Department of Public & International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, currently on study leave pursuing D.Phil studies at the University of Oxford. She holds additional affiliations with St Hilda's College and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at Oxford, and serves as Visiting Lecturer at Sri Lanka Law College. Her academic foundation includes an LL.B. (Hons.) from the University of Colombo and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School where she was a Cogan Scholar (2018-2019).
Her research centers on constitutional theory with specialized expertise in feminist constitutionalism, disability rights, and comparative constitutional design. Recent work analyzes semi-presidential systems' accountability gaps and pandemic impacts on disabled communities, demonstrating consistent focus on marginalized groups' constitutional protections. Her publications span refereed journals like the Washington International Law Journal and Indian Law Review, policy documents for the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, and book chapters with Routledge.
Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals three dominant trends: (1) Constitutional design challenges in post-colonial contexts, particularly Sri Lanka's semi-presidential system; (2) Intersectional discrimination against persons with disabilities, especially during crises; (3) Popular constitutionalism through grassroots movements. These connect through her core methodology of applying feminist theory to expose structural power imbalances.
- Godage Award for Best Novel Contribution (2008) for Nuwanakkari
- Cogan Scholar at Harvard Law School (2018-2019)
- Harvard Summer Academic Fellowship (2019)
- University of Colombo Studentship (2013)
As educator, she teaches Constitutional Law I & II, Public International Law, and Legal System of Sri Lanka at the University of Colombo while advising constitutional reform committees. Her dual career as academic and novelist (six Sinhala novels plus English debut Her Truth in 2024) uniquely informs her analysis of law-literature intersections. Current research examines constitutional crises through historical monarchy parallels, bridging legal theory and Sri Lanka's political reality.
