39. INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (2011), CONT. March 2012 Mandating authority Human Rights Council, in its resolution 19/22 of 23 March 2012, extends mandate Human Rights Council, in its resolution S-19/1 of 1 June 2012, requests the Commission to conduct a special inquiry into the events in El-Houleh Mandate “Decides to extend the mandate of the commission of inquiry established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution S-17/1, and requests the commission to continue its work, to provide an oral update to the Council at an interactive dialogue at its twentieth session and to present also a written updated report at an interactive dialogue at its twenty-first session”; resolution S-19/1: “urgently conduct a comprehensive, independent and unfettered special inquiry … into the events in El-Houleh”. Report *Report of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/19/69), 22 February 2012 (second report) *Periodic update of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, 24 May 2012 *Oral update of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/20/CRP.1), 26 June 2012 Members Prof. Paulo Sergio PINHEIRO (Brazil), Chair; and Ms. Karen Koning ABUZAYD (United States). Ms. Yakin ERTÜRK (Turkey) withdrew in March 2012. September 2012 134 Mandating authority The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 21/26 of 28 September 2012, extends and expands the mandate Mandate “Decides to extend the mandate of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution S-17/1, and requests the commission to continue its work and to present a written report on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic at an interactive dialogue during the twenty-second session of the Council; Requests the commission of inquiry to continue to update its mapping exercise of gross violations of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011, including the assessment of casualty figures, and to publish it periodically” COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY AND FACT-FINDING MISSIONS ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW