Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.2 protection of the chain of custody of the samples. With regard to the Matale mass grave, in particular, the investigation should be reopened and other samples should be sent for further analysis, in the light of the huge discrepancy relating to the dating of the inhumations between the reports currently available on the matter and in the light of the reported signs of torture and extrajudicial execution on some of the remains; (h) Strengthen the capacity of the DNA laboratory in the Government Analyst’s Department and ensure its functional and structural independence from security and law enforcement agencies; 84 63 85 ICJ The OMP assisted the excavations of the Mannar mass grave and sought to impress on the authorities involved in the investigation the need to maintain high standards to ensure public confidence (http://www.dailymirror.lk/160410/Mannar-Mass-Grave-Site-Financialassistance-from-OMP), the samples of the selected skeletons were sent to Beta Analytic Institute based on Florida, USA for carbon dating. Level of implementation and observations (to be completed by the WGEID) calls for the investigation to proceed without delay. According to the Chairperson, the OMP had funded the travel cost of the JMO, one of the OMP Commissioners and also facilitated the travel of representatives of the Centre for Human Rights and Development (NGO representing the victims) to Florida with bone samples to ensure the protection of the chain of custody. The reinvestigation of the Matale Mass grave discovered in 2012 has been stalled despite calls for a full investigation by the left-wing Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP).83 Investigations into the mass grave found in Kalawanchikudy, Batticaloa discovered in 2014, too has not seen progress despite a court order for exhumation as the Ministry of Justice has not responded to the requests of the JMO for a budget to support a team of experts. 84 Government Introduction of new technology is an ongoing process based on best practices. Amnesty Amnesty International is unaware of new efforts on this front. ICJ The Working Group welcomes information according to which a Digital Forensic Laboratory was established in December 2015 and the DNA laboratory upgraded. It encourages further steps to strengthen capacities. In December 2016, the Government Analyst Department established a Digital Forensic Laboratory and upgraded its DNA laboratory (which was established in 2013) under the patronage of the Ministry of Justice. It also inducted a digital training centre for the Criminal Investigation Division85 Meera Srinivasan, Grave secrets from Sri Lanka’s troubled past, Daily FT, 22 January 2019, http://www.ft.lk/opinion/Grave-secrets-from--Sri-Lanka-s-troubledpast/14-671339 Namini Wijeyadasa, Mass Graves: The dead tell a tragic tale of delays and disputes, The Sunday Times, 06, January 2019 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190106/news/mass-graves-the-dead-tell-a-tragic-tale-of-delays-and-disputes-328719.html Digital Forensic Lab for Govt. Analyst Department, Daily News, 26 December 2016, http://www.dailynews.lk/2016/12/26/local/102947 A/HRC/42/40/Add.1 83 Measures taken/current situation Situation during the visit A/HRC/33/51/Ad d.2