{"id":94,"date":"2018-09-11T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T10:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2025-01-15T17:30:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T17:30:43","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/public.international.law\/kusal\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;138&#8243; img_size=&#8221;225*300&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Google Scholar&#8221; style=&#8221;outline-custom&#8221; outline_custom_color=&#8221;#666666&#8243; outline_custom_hover_background=&#8221;#666666&#8243; outline_custom_hover_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; el_class=&#8221;research-btn&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fcitations%3Fuser%3DK1J7Ap8AAAAJ%26hl%3Den%26authuser%3D2||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;ResearchGate&#8221; style=&#8221;outline-custom&#8221; outline_custom_color=&#8221;#666666&#8243; outline_custom_hover_background=&#8221;#666666&#8243; outline_custom_hover_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; el_class=&#8221;research-btn&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FKusal_Amarasinghe2||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">BIOGRAPHY<\/h1>\n[vc_column_text]Kusal Kavinda Amarasinghe is an Attorney-at-Law and a legal academic. He currently works as a Lecturer affiliated to the Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Amarasinghe completed his Bachelor of Laws [LL.B] degree with Honours at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo in 2018. In 2019 he joined the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, University of Colombo as a Researcher. Subsequent to joining the Bar in 2020 as an Attorney-at-Law Mr Amarasinghe started his professional career as a junior defense counsel. He completed his first Master of Laws [LL.M] degree in 2021 from the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo and his second Master of Laws [LL.M] degree in 2023 from General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University of Sri Lanka with a specialization in International Humanitarian Law.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Amarasinghe was awarded University Scholarship, Gate Mudliyer Edmond Peiris Prize and Ajita Parathalingam Memorial Prize in 2015. Also, he was awarded the University Colour Insignia in 2016 as a Gold Medalist of the International Student&#8217;s Olympic Games 2016. 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