Kumaravadivel Guruparan is a senior lecturer and head of the Department of Law, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He is also a practicing attorney interested in human rights law, administrative law, and civil appeals. Kumaravadivel is the founding executive director of Adayaalam Centre for Policy Research, a think tank based in Jaffna, Sri Lanka (www.adayaalam.org). He is a founder-member and co-spokesperson of the Tamil Civil Society Forum, which works towards recreating public spheres for dialogue on politics and public policy. The Tamil Civil Society Forum has, in the last decade or so, emerged as the most prominent advocacy group among the Tamils in Sri Lanka. Kumaravadivel has done consultancy work for many leading think tanks both in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. He frequently writes and speaks on various aspects of law, governance, and politics in Sri Lanka. He holds a bachelor's degree in law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo and, as a Chevening Scholar, obtained a master's in law from Balliol College, University of Oxford, UK. On a Commonwealth Scholarship, he obtained his Ph.D. from University College London, UK.