recommended “the appointment of a special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Togo. The Commission is convinced that the creation of such a mandate would allow for the development of closer cooperation between the Commission on Human Rights and the Togolese authorities and Togolese civil society with a view to better protection of human rights in Togo.”85 In Sri Lanka (2010) the Panel called on the Human Rights Council “to reconsider its May 2009 Special Session Resolution (A/HRC/S-11/L.1/Rev.2) regarding Sri Lanka, in light of this report”.86 The Mission to Beit Hanoun (2006) recommended to the Human Rights Council the establishment of a mechanism to provide “independent monitoring and assessment of the human rights situation of civilians in conflict in the occupied territory of Gaza and neighbouring Israel” and to report “publicly with a view to promoting accountability and – ultimately – greater compliance with international human rights and humanitarian law”.87 Philippe Kirsch, a member of the International Commission of Inquiry on Libya, presents its report at the eighteenth session of the Human Rights Council. UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré (vii) Initiatives of the Security Council – some recommendations by commissions/missions have been addressed to the Security Council. For example, the Commission on Darfur (2004), which was established by the Security Council, recommended that “the Security Council refer the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal 85 Report of the International Commission of Inquiry for Togo (E/CN.4/2001/134), para. 74. 86 “Report of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka”, p. 122. 87 “Report of the High-Level Fact-Finding Mission to Beit Hanoun established under resolution S-3/1” (A/HRC/5/20), para. 22 (a)-(b). GUIDANCE AND PRACTICE 97