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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11407022" data-attributes="member: 92282">The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation  Commission (LLRC) , appointed by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda  Rajapaksa to probe the three-decade long armed conflict  with the Tamil  Tiger terrorists, is to hand over its final report to the President  tomorrow. Sri Lankan President will make the much-awaited report of the Commission public, the government said recently.   The President in a recent interview to Indian media said his  government will take actions without shielding anyone if the LLRC  appointed by him finds any human rights violations during the war that  ended in May 2009. President Rajapaksa appointed the LLRC in May 2010 to probe the last  seven years of the conflict and recommend measures to reconcile the  communities affected by the war and prevent recurrence of conflicts in  the future in order to bring lasting peace to the country. The eight-member Commission commenced its sessions last year and has  recorded thousands of oral and written submissions from a cross section  of society on the period between 2002 and 2009. The LLRC held its first sittings on August 11, 2010. In November  2010, the President extended its mandate till May 15, 2011. The  Commission wrapped up its work on November 15, 2011. During the hearings conducted in Colombo and field locations in the  Northern and Eastern provinces, the LLRC recorded testimonies from over  1,000 people from all walks of life including military personnel,  general public, war victims, scholars, religious leaders and civil  society leaders.  In addition, the Commission received over 5,000  written submissions. The Commission has decided to hand over the audio tapes and the  relevant documents gathered during its 57 sessions to the National  Archives, the state-run ITN TV reported. During its investigations the Commission, chaired by the former  Attorney General Chitta Ranjan de Silva, made recommendations to be  taken with regard to detention of suspects, land issues, law and order,  administrative and language issues and the socio-economic and livelihood  issues. The government appointed an Inter-Agency Committee headed by the  Attorney General of Sri Lanka to facilitate the implementation of the  recommendations made by the LLRC during its inquiry. International human rights organizations Amnesty International (AI)  and Human Rights Watch have questioned the credibility of the Commission  saying that Sri Lankan government's inquiry into the country's civil  war is fundamentally flawed and provides no accountability for  atrocities. The LLRC has invited the AI and the other human right watchdogs, the  International Crisis Group (ICG) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) to come  before it but they turned down the invitation. The United States recently said that it has high expectations for  the LLRC report and noted that the report will be of 'highest quality'. The United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central  Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr. traveled to Sri Lanka in early  September to ensure the Commission's work is thorough and credible. colombopage</blockquote>

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