Sri Lankan Peace Agreements and Truces (1957–2002): Abstract This report provides a comparative structural analysis of six key peace agreements, political pacts, and ceasefire frameworks negotiated in Sri Lanka between 1957 and 2002: the Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact (1957), the Dudley Senanayake–Chelvanayakam Pact (1965), the Indo–Lanka Accord (1987), the Declaration of Cessation of Hostilities (1995), the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement (CFA), and the Status of Mission Agreement (SOMA) for the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM). The study evaluates their historical contexts, institutional mechanisms, structural failure modes, and thematic dimensions across political devolution, language rights, land administration, and third-party intervention. By mapping systemic obstacles—such as majoritarian ethnic outbidding, lack of enforcement mechanisms, and divergent negotiation agendas—this document synthesizes the historical trajectory of Sri Lankan peace initiatives and their lasting impac...