Journal of Human Rights and Peace Studies 2019, Vol. 5 Issue 2, 196 – 228 196 Copyrights © Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies ISSN (Online): 2697-3804 United in Diversity: A Third Way of Constitutional Vision in Post-War Sri Lanka Nadarajah Pushparajah 1 Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna Email: npushparajah@yahoo.com ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Received : 01 May 2019 Revised : 22 Aug 2019 Accepted : 30 Sep 2019 Sri Lanka since independence has been seen to have designed its constitutional vision within the conceptual ideology of Sinhala- Buddhism. This gives insights into how and why a pluralist society should avoid engineering a one-sided constitutional vision. This article investigates the root causes of the Sri Lankan ethnic question from the perspective of its constitutional vision in terms of the nature of the state and the degree of power- sharing. It also seeks to draw a viable constitutional vision to accommodate the concern of all sections of Sri Lankan society from the existing international practice in post-conflict societies. This article shows the inevitability of adopting a germane third way of constitutional vision to reconcile the divided society of post- conflict Sri Lanka and to comply with some consociational elements to address minorities’ issues within the minority region of Northeast Sri Lanka. The conclusions of this article suggest that a third way of constitutional vision would enhance the country’s ability to keep intact its territorial integrity and preserve its diversity. Keywords: Constitution Post-Conflict Sri Lanka Unitary Third way 1 Senior Lecturer Gr II, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna (PhD, Advanced School of Sant’ Anna, Italy; Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, February 2018- November 2018; KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, June 2015-June 2017). The Author would like to thank Professor Yen-Tu Su (Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica) for his valuable comments, idea and encouragement during the writing of this contribution. The Author also sincerely thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their useful comments on this article. Journal of Human Rights and Peace Studies journal homepage: https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/HRPS/index