In Sri Lanka, the government-constituted, Consultation Task Force (CTF) on Reconciliation Mechanisms has said the war victims have no trust that justice will be meted out by a domestic mechanism. Secretary of the Consultation Task Force Dr. P. Saravanamuttu addressing a press conference after release of its report last evening, said that government should implement its recommendations which include keeping at least one foreign judge in all court benches trying war crimes. He said, independence and faith in the system are essential for fixing accountability and that is why the task force recommended a system of mixed judges.<br/><br/>Sri Lankan government has maintained that there will be no foreign judges in the judicial process seeking accountability for the war time abuses during the country's three decades-long war with LTTE. The CTF report says that war crimes, crimes against humanitarian law, torture, disappearances and rape are serious human rights abuses and it is illegal to forgive such crimes. <br/><br/>The CTF was appointed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe last year to seek public views and comments on the proposed mechanisms for transitional justice and reconciliation in terms of the UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka in October 2015. Sri Lanka has faced criticism for failing to properly investigate alleged human rights abuses during the final phase of the civil war. According to U.N. estimates, up to 100,000 people were killed in the 26-year war, including up to 40,000 civilians in the final months of the fighting.