The LLRC will hold a public session in Mullaitivu today. Similar sessions will be held in Jaffna from October 9th 13th and in the Eastern Province later in the month.

The Commission conducts its regular hearings at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute in Colombo 7.

The LLRC has so far held 14 public sittings in Colombo and 6 public sittings in Vavuniya. The Commission held public sessions in Vavuniya on August 14th and 15th and also visited the welfare villages where around 25,000 displaced people are still living.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in May 2010 appointed the eight-member Commission to report on the lessons to be learnt from the events in the period from 21st February 2002 to 19th May 2009. The Commission is chaired by the former Attorney General Chitta Ranjan de Silva.