the panel found that the sri lankan justice system was incapable of providing accountability. the independence of the attorney general had been eroded and the continuation of emergency regulations and the prevention of terrorism act precluded the judiciary from holding the government accountable on human rights issues. military courts and other domestic institutions were also incapable of providing accountability. the panel found that the government's triumphalism and the sri lankan tamil diaspora's inability to acknowledge the tamil tigers' role in the humanitarian disaster also hindered accountability.