Lakshman Kadirgamar: Difference between revisions

Upon leaving Oxford, he took up a legal career. He returned to Ceylon and built up a practice in commercial, industrial and administrative law. He was part of the defense team of the accused of the [[1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt|coup d'étataétat that was attempted]] in 1962. In 1963, he was commissioned by [[Amnesty International]] to investigate the [[Buddhist]]-led resistance campaign that year against the regime in [[South Vietnam]]. This was the first-ever report for Amnesty of a situation in an individual country.<ref>The full text of his report for Amnesty International, dated 1 January 1964, iswas published for the first time in Adam Roberts (ed.), ''Democracy, Sovereignty and Terror: Lakshman Kadirgamar on the Foundations of International Order'', I.B.Tauris, London & New York, 2012, pp. 89–105.</ref>

Kadirgamar left Ceylon in 1971 following the [[1971 Insurrection|JVP insurrection]] that year, moving to England, practicingpractising in London for three years. Going on to work for international organisations in [[Geneva]], Kadirgamar served in 1974-6 as a consultant for the [[International Labour Organization]] (ILO). Then in 1976 he took up an appointment with the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO), in which he was appointed in 1983 to the newly created post of Director for Asia and the Pacific. Kadirgamar was the author of a number of scholarly articles published in international legal journals such as the ''[[Modern Law Review]]'', ''[[South African Law Journal]]'' and ''Conveyancer and Property Lawyer''. He was serving as Director, Industrial Property Division and Director, Development Cooperation and External Relations Bureau for Asia and the Pacific at WIPO until he was over lookedoverlooked for the post of Deputy Director General. He resigned in May 1988.