The United States will not have any kind of judgment on the report of Sri Lanka's Lesson Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) until its release that is expected to be in mid-November, the United States said Monday.

Responding to a query on the U.S. State Department's opinion of the LLRC report, the State Department Spokesperson Mark Toner said the U.S. would wait until the report is released to view whether it as sufficient.
"We likely wouldn't have any kind of judgment until it's released," the Spokesman said.

In May 2010, President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed the eight-member Commission to report on the lessons to be learnt from the events in the period, Feb 2002 to May 2009, their attendant concerns and to recommend measures to ensure that there will be no recurrence of such a situation.

The Commission is chaired by the former Attorney General Chitta Ranjan de Silva.

The mandate of the LLRC was to expire on November 15, 2010. In November 2010, President Rajapaksa extended the mandate of the Commission by a period of six months in view of the large number of persons from Sri Lanka and abroad still to give evidence before it.

Since then the Commission had regular public hearings in Colombo and in then conflict affected areas of Vavuniya, Batticaloa and Kilinochchi. This included field visits to meet people directly affected by the conflict.

The Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Crisis Group jointly turned down an invitation by the LLRC to place any relevant evidence they have before the Commission.

In October 27, 2010 the Inter-Agency Committee (IAC) was established by a Cabinet Paper to implement the recommendations of the LLRC through practical measures and to strengthen the related processes that are already underway.

On September 13, 2010, the LLRC submitted its interim recommendations. The interim recommendations were based on extensive testimony received by the LLRC during its interaction with affected civilians following field visits to several locations in the conflict-affected areas, including places of detention, rehabilitation and IDP welfare centres. According to the LLRC, the objective of the interim recommendations is to highlight issues which deserve the urgent attention of the GoSL.

Following recommendations of IAC, President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed a special committee to study the cases of detained LTTE suspects and expedite legal actions where necessary.

The government has taken action to release lands in the High Security Zones (HSZs) in the country in keeping with the recommendations of the Committee.

The LLRC will be handing over its report to President Mahinda Rajapaksa in mid-November.