Neelan Tiruchelvam
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Honourable Neelan Tiruchelvam MP PC |
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| நீலன் திருச்செல்வம் | |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Vaddukoddai |
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In office 1983–1983 |
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| Preceded by | T. Thirunavukarasu |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for National List |
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In office 1994–1999 |
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| Succeeded by | Mavai Senathirajah |
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| Born | 31 January 1944 |
| Died | 29 July 1999 (aged 55) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Tamil United Liberation Front |
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University of Ceylon, Colombo Harvard Law School |
| Profession | Lawyer, academic |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Neelakandan Tiruchelvam (Tamil: நீலகண்டன் திருச்செல்வம்; 31 January 1944 – 29 July 1999) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, academic, politician and Member of Parliament.
Tiruchelvam was born on 31 January 1944. He was the son of M. Tiruchelvam, a leading lawyer, and Punithavathy. He was educated at Royal College, Colombo. After school he joined the Department of Law at the University of Ceylon, Colombo, graduating with a LL.B. degree. He then proceeded to Harvard Law School from where he received M.A. and J.S.D. degrees.
Tiruchelvam married Sithie. They had two sons (Nirgunan and Mithran).
Tiruchelvam was called to the bar as an advocate in 1968. He took over his father's law firm Tiruchelvam Associates. He was a member of the Law Commission. He was made a President's Counsel in February 1998.
Tiruchelvam held several academic positions in Sri Lanka and the USA. He was Fulbright Fellow (1969–71) and fellow in law and modernization at Yale Law School (1972–74). He was then reader at the Faculty of Law, University of Sri Lanka Colombo campus and Edward Smith Visiting Fellow and Lecturer at Harvard Law School.
Tiruchelvam was director of the Colombo-based International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES). He became a member of the London-based Minority Rights Group International (MRG) in 1994 and was elected its chair in 1999. He had been an international observer in several countries, including Pakistan, Chile, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, South Africa and Nigeria.
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