Sri Lankan MP: Rajiva Wijesinha

More than two years after the Sri Lankan army conclusively defeated the separatist Tamil Tigers there is powerful evidence to suggest both sides committed serious war crimes in the closing stages of the conflict.

A UN panel concluded as much in April. Last month graphic video footage screened on British television added to the international pressure for an independent investigation.

Stephen Sackur talks to Sri Lankan MP and advisor to the President on Reconciliation Rajiva Wijesinha and asks if there can be reconciliation without justice.