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Mr. Kadirgamar secured a Bachelor of Laws (Honors) degree in 1953 from the University of Ceylon and obtained a First Class at the Advocates Intermediate Examination in 1953. In 1954 he was placed first at the Advocates Final Examination of the Ceylon Law and won the Scholarship and was awarded prizes for the Law of Evidence and the Law of Persons and Property. He was admitted to the Ceylon Bar in 1955. Later, at Oxford University, UK, where he received his B.LITT degree, Mr. Kadirgamar he attained the rare distinction of being one of the few Sri Lankans ever to have been elected President of the Oxford Union. Mr. Kadirgamar is the author of a number of scholarly articles published in international legal journals such as the Modern Law Review, The South African Law Journal and The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, etc. An ardent international civil servant of impeccable credentials, Mr. Kadirgamar, held many positions in numerous international organizations including the ILO, International Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) and South Asia Foundation (SAF). In 1963, he was the Special Commissioner of Amnesty International to investigate Buddhist Catholic clashes in Vietnam.
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