The Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints regarding Missing Persons”
known as the Paranagama Commission, was appointed in August 2013. The scope of
the Commission’s mandate was expanded into a second mandate by Gazette
notification on 15 July 2014, to address the facts and circumstances
surrounding civilian loss of life and the question of the responsibility of any
individual, group or institution for violations of international law during the conflict
that ended in May 2009.
The Commission consisted of Maxwell P. Paranagama (Chairman), Manohari Ramanathan and Suranjana Vidyaratne, Director
General of Census and Statistics. There was a
Legal Advisory Council comprising a team of international legal and military experts,