The government expects to establish an international judicial network to solicit the support of other countries to formulate an effective judicial procedure to deal more effectively with the LTTE suspects now in custody, sources said.

As part of this exercise, Chief Justice Asoka De Silva and Justice Minister Milinda Moragoda are visiting Holland to establish links with the judicial system in that country. The Ministry is also planning to establish a similar link with India.

The objective behind the establishment of an international judicial network was to obtain assistance in capacity building within our judiciary and the upgrading of various departments under the ministry such as the Attorney General’s Department, the Legal Draftsman’s Department, Government Analyst’s Department and the Prisons Department.

Meanwhile Attorney General Mohan Peiris and Justice Ministry Secretary Suhada Gamalath are on a mission to the United States and Britain to study the judicial process adopted by these countries when dealing with terrorist suspects in the post 9/11 period with special reference to Afghanistan and Iraq.

“It is important to gather inputs from the western world on transitional justice, to be introduced to Sri Lanka with suitable modifications and amendments to suit our conditions and political realities,” a government source said.