At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007 in Kampala , Uganda , Commonwealth leaders agreed on Sri Lanka as the host for the 2011 meeting . However , during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war the government was accused of committing war crimes , and hence at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009 in Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago it was decided that the 2011 meeting would be held in Perth , Australia whilst Sri Lanka would host the 2013 meeting . At the 2011 meeting Commonwealth leaders reaffirmed that the 2013 meeting would be held in Sri Lanka
war crimes
Alleged war crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013