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...Professor and Director of the Law School's Human Rights Program Henry Steiner said that Neelan was a moderate parliamentarian and human rights advocate in a conflict dominated by extremes...
Steiner called Neelan a "major figure" in the world of human rights and said his death could destabilize Sri Lankan peace negotiations...
...Robert Rotberg, who co-chaired a 1997 panel with Neelan, called his death a personal loss as well as a political...
Rotberg said he recently finished working with Neelan on the book Creating Peace in Sri Lanka, based on their 1997 conference. Neelan's contribution to the book was a chapter called "The Devolution and the Elusive Quest for Peace in Sri Lanka...
...Neelan, who headed the Colombo-based International Center for Ethnic Studies, wrote several other books, including 1997's Democracy and Human Rights...