Although proclaimed as a democratic republic, the Sri Lankan state is strongly controlled and ruled by Sinhala Buddhist influence due to a deep engrained belief that the island belongs to the Sinhala Buddhists. The modus operandi of the Sri Lankan state apparatus outlines the ethnocratic characteristics of the state. This mono-ethnic and mono-religious attitude has led to the widening and deepening of the discrimination against a particular ethnic group known as the Tamils who traditionally inhabit the North and East of the island. Ethnocracy continues to be defended and justified by the state in the name of sovereignty, territorial integrity and national security and has led to further polarization of the already divided ethnic groups. As a consequence and outcome of the ethnocratic nature of the Sri Lankan state, a bloody war erupted between successive governments of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). After nearly 38 years the prolonged war came to a brutal end in May 2009 amidst blatant violations of international law. However, the root causes of this conflict, which occurred due to ethnocratic nature of the state, have not yet been addressed resulting in the continuation of the ethnic conflict despite the end of the war.

中文翻译：

---

斯里兰卡：种族主义国家危及岛内的积极和平

尽管被宣布为民主共和国，但由于人们根深蒂固地认为该岛属于僧伽罗佛教徒，因此斯里兰卡受到僧伽罗佛教徒的强烈控制和统治。斯里兰卡国家机器的作案手法概述了该国家的种族特征。这种单一种族和单一宗教的态度导致对特定居住在该岛北部和东部的称为泰米尔人的特定种族的歧视扩大和加深。民族自治继续以主权，领土完整和国家安全的名义由国家捍卫和辩护，并导致本已分化的族裔进一步分化。斯里兰卡国家的族裔性质的结果和结果，斯里兰卡历届政府与泰米尔伊拉姆猛虎解放组织（LTTE）之间爆发了一场血腥的战争。经过将近38年的漫长战争在公然违反国际法的情况下于2009年5月残酷结束。但是，由于战争的民族原因，这种冲突的根源尚未得到解决，尽管战争结束了，但种族冲突仍在继续。