The civil war ended in May 2009 after the LTTE were defeated by the Sri Lankan military . A United Nations report found that as many as 40,000 civilians may have been killed in the final months of the civil war , mostly as a result of indiscriminate shelling by the Sri Lankan military . There are widespread allegations that both sides committed atrocities and human rights violations including war crimes . The TNA has consistently campaigned for an independent international investigation into the alleged war crimes
war crimes
Alleged war crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War
Tamil National Alliance