the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. The recommendations on Darfur (2004) resulted in the Security Council referring the situation to the International Criminal Court. The reports of commissions/missions may also have been influential in the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court initiating preliminary investigations, for example, in response to the report on Guinea (2009). The appointment of independent experts by the Human Rights Council to continue monitoring the human rights situation was its response, for example, to the recommendations on Côte d’Ivoire (2011) and the Syrian Arab Republic (2011). In other instances the Human Rights Council has established another follow-up monitoring body. For example, in response to the report on Gaza (2009), it established a follow-up committee (2010) “to monitor and assess any domestic, legal or other proceedings undertaken by both the Government of Israel and the Palestinian side”97 and has kept the situation under review based on progress reports in its subsequent sessions. In follow-up to the report of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2013), the Security Council placed the situation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on its agenda in December 2014. There have been cases of effective follow-up by United Nations entities. In response to the recommendation on Guinea (2009) “that the Office of the United Nations Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights (2004-08), briefing the Security Council on the findings of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur, Sudan (February 2005). UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe 97 102 Human Rights Council resolution 13/9. COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY AND FACT-FINDING MISSIONS ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW