*Without a trace: enforced disappearances in Syria (conference room paper), 19 December 2013 *Report of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/25/65), 12 February 2014 (seventh report) *Oral Update of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, 18 March 2014 Members Prof. Paulo Sergio PINHEIRO (Brazil), Chair; Ms. Karen Koning ABUZAYD (United States); Ms. Carla DEL PONTE (Switzerland); and Prof. Vitit MUNTARBHORN (Thailand). 41. INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (2011), CONT. March 2014 136 Mandating authority Human Rights Council, in its resolution 25/23 of 28 March 2014, extended the mandate Mandate “Decides to extend the mandate of the commission of inquiry through to the twenty-eighth session of the Human Rights Council, and requests the commission to present a written report on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic during an interactive dialogue at the twenty-seventh and the twenty-eighth sessions of the Council and to provide an oral update to the Council during an interactive dialogue at the twenty-sixth session”. Report *Oral Update of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/26/CRP.2), 16 June 2014 *Report of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/27/60), 13 August 2014 (eighth report) Members Prof. Paulo Sergio PINHEIRO (Brazil), Chair; Ms. Karen Koning ABUZAYD (United States); Ms. Carla DEL PONTE (Switzerland); and Prof. Vitit MUNTARBHORN (Thailand). COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY AND FACT-FINDING MISSIONS ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW