Salma Yusuf

Salma Yusuf has a Master of Laws from Queen Mary, University of London with a specialization in Public International Law and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from University of London. She provides legal, policy and advisory services at both national and international programmes in the fields of International Law, Human Rights, Transitional Justice, Social Justice and Reconciliation. She is Lecturer in Law at University of Northumbria – Regional Campus for Sri Lanka & Maldives and previously at University of Colombo and University of Sydney. She has published extensively including at the Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Washington; Sri Lanka Journal of International Law; Frontiers of Legal Research, Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture; Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Harvard Asia Quarterly; International Affairs Review; Journal of Human Rights in the Commonwealth and The Diplomat. She holds numerous academic and professional positions both nationally and internationally, has been invited to present in her fields of expertise at local and international conferences and seminars and has received leadership awards both at home and abroad. Yusuf was the main author of the Jaffna Memorandum which was the outcome document of a historic event that took place in Sri Lanka in March 2015