The Commission expects to obtain views and accounts of the people in Jaffna who have been affected by the conflict.

All facilities will be provided for anyone who is willing to give evidence before the Commission, the Chairman of the Commission, C.R. de Silva said.

The Commission is currently conducting its hearings at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute in Colombo 7.

The LLRC has held public sittings in Vavuniya, Mullaitivu, and Batticaloa. The Commission held public sessions in Vavuniya on August 14th and 15th and also visited the welfare villages where around 20,000 IDPs are sheltered.

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 February 21, 2002 to May 19, 2009.

The Cabinet of Ministers last week granted approval to set up an Inter-Agency Advisory Group (IAAG) to facilitate the early implementation of the interim recommendations by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC).