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Presidential Commission of Inquiry into 16 major human rights cases

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Established

July 2007, by then-President Mahinda Rajapaksa, according to Human Rights Watch

Full report

September 2015, according to Human Rights Watch

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Disappearances and wartime killings

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• Mahinda Rajapaksa / Set up, July 2007 / Presidential Commission of Inquiry into 16 major human rights cases
  • Reports that then-President Mahinda Rajapaksa set up a Presidential Commission of Inquiry in July 2007 covering 16 major rights cases, including this one.1 Aug 2019 · Human Rights Watch · Sri Lanka: No Progress in Prosecuting Aid Worker Massacre
• Presidential Commission of Inquiry into 16 major human rights cases / Report said there was insufficient evidence to identify the perpetrators / Killing of 17 Action Contre La Faim workers, Muttur, 4 August 2006Allegation
  • Human Rights Watch reports that the full report, published in September 2015, said there was insufficient evidence to identify the perpetrators. It says the report effectively cleared the army and navy and suggested the LTTE or a Muslim militia was responsible. It also reports that families who testified described threats from security force personnel and that the commission’s international monitors resigned in 2008 citing serious problems.1 Aug 2019 · Human Rights Watch · Sri Lanka: No Progress in Prosecuting Aid Worker Massacre