CHOGM 2013: Spotlight on Sri Lanka

David Cameron is pushing for the UN to set up an international, independent inquiry into war crimes and human rights abuses allegedly carried out by the Sri Lankan military.

David Cameron makes a statement on Sri Lanka in the Commons, having last week insisted that President Mahinda Rajapaksa hold an independent inquiry into allegations of war crimes in the country.

As the controversial CHOGM in Sri Lanka comes to an end, Channel 4 News Editor Ben de Pear reveals why he is pulling his team out of the country in the face of intimidation.

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa tells Jonathan Miller that he is ready to investigate allegations of war crimes – declaring: “We have nothing to hide. It’s a free country”.

David Cameron threatens to push for an independent international inquiry into allegations of war crimes at the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war if the island nation does not conduct its own probe by 2014.

Jon Snow asks Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma to explain why only 28 of the 53 states have attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

Jonathan Miller asks why the Sri Lankan president missed the press conference on day one of CHOGM and why Sri Lanka has been slow in bringing justice to families whose loved ones have disappeared.

Prince Charles opens the heads of government meeting in Sri Lanka, saying the Commonwealth organisation can “bring that touch of healing” to its member countries.

In Sri Lanka’s Tamil north on day one of the Commonwealth conference, David Cameron tells Channel 4 News he wants to focus on the human rights issues that have dogged the run-up to the summit.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has made much of the development of Sri Lanka’s north following the carnage of war – but has life really improved for the Tamil community living there?

David Cameron tells Jon Snow Sri Lanka’s leadership has a chance to bring the country together – but he pledges to shine a light on what happened after the civil war and on what is happening now.

Sri Lanka’s civil war is officially over, but people are still being “disappeared” – vanishing without a trace, often, allegedly, in the state’s unmarked white vans.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has been accused of war crimes, says his country has a “system” to deal with complaints of human rights violations.