102 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICT investigate reports of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law in Darfur by all parties, to determine also whether or not acts of genocide have occurred, and to identify the perpetrators of such violations with a view to ensuring that those responsible are held accountable […]”. The Secretary-General asked the High Commissioner for Human Rights to oversee the establishment of the Commission and to provide it with suitable support. Furthermore, in his 2005 report to the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, the Secretary-General noted that “compliance with international humanitarian law, human rights law, refugee law and international criminal law by all parties concerned provides the strongest basis for ensuring respect for the safety of the civilian population.”150 In his 2007 report on the same subject, he stated that “[a]s a standard practice, the Security Council should make every effort to call upon parties to conflict, and multinational forces that it has authorized, to uphold their international humanitarian law and human rights obligations.”151 Moreover, the Secretary-General has issued a number of reports which record recent developments in international human rights and humanitarian law that contribute to the growing body of law that can be considered to be fundamental standards of humanity.152 D.  THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL The Commission on Human Rights and its successor, the Human Rights Council, have been the historical forums for the analysis and discussion by its members of human rights situations and issues. The mandate of the Human Rights Council consolidated the work of the Commission since 1947. Indeed, when adopting resolution 60/251 to create the Human Rights Council, the General Assembly decided to give it two core responsibilities: (a) promote universal respect for the protection of   S/2005/740, para. 12.   S/2007/643, para. 25. 152   See, for instance, A/HRC/8/14. 150 151