The UN Human Rights Commissioner Zeid bin Ra'ad Al Hussain said that a special hybrid court with domestic and international participation should be set up to investigate cases of war crimes during the Sri Lankan Civil War.

Releasing the Office of the High Commissioner's Investigation Committee on Sri Lanka (OISL) report, he said that that both sides were likely to have committed war crimes during the Sri Lankan civil war.

The UN Human Rights Chief also said that a purely domestic mechanism cannot be trusted due to decades of violation of human rights.

Exact nature of hybrid court can't be spelt out now, the UNHRC Chief said. However, he added that international judges, prosecutors involvement would be necessary.