evidence: Saliya Pieris, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer, and former President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. Pieris is an Eisenhower Fellow. He is also an alumnus of the Dealing with the Past (DwP) Programme, Switzerland and IVLP, USA. He began his career as a prosecutor in the Attorney General’s Department. Later, he served as the First Chairman of the Office on Missing Persons from February 2018 to September 2020, which was created as part of Sri Lanka's reconciliation mechanism. Additionally, he was also a Member of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka between October 2015 and March 2018.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] [...] References [edit]- ^ "Saliya Pieris - The new President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. February 24, 2021.