The Law and Practice of International Commissions of Inquiry

Jens Meierhenrich, Associate Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics

Jens Meierhenrich is Associate Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, and previously taught at Harvard University. His books include Lawfare and The Legacies of Law, which won the American Political Science Associations 2009 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book on government, politics, or international affairs. He is currently at work on a genocide trilogy.

Part I: Introduction
1. The Role of Commissions of Inquiry in the Investigation of International Crimes, Jens Meierhenrich
Part II: International Commissions
2. The UN Commission of Experts (1992-1994) and International Crimes in the former Yugoslavia, Jens Meierhenrich and Dov Jacobs
3. The UN Commission of Experts (1994) and International Crimes in Rwanda, Frederic Megret and Ayodele Akenroye
4. The UN International Commission of Inquiry (1995) and International Crimes in Burundi, Noel Twagiramungu and Stef Vandeginste
5. The UN Group of Experts (1997-1999) and International Crimes in Cambodia, Sarah Williams
6. The Independent International Commission (1999-2000) and International Crimes in Kosovo, Florian Bieber and Stefan Graziadei
7. The UN International Commission of Inquiry (1999-2000) and International Crimes in East Timor, Geoffrey Robinson
8. The UN/OAU International Commissions of Inquiry (2000 and 2005) and International Crimes in Togo, Frederick Laker
9. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (2004-2005) and International Crimes in Darfur, Jens Meierhenrich
10. The UN International Independent Investigation Commission (2005-2008) and International Crimes in Lebanon, Catherine Harwood
11. The UN Mapping Exercise (2007-2010) and International Crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tatiana Carayannis
12. The Commission of Inquiry on Post-Election Violence (2008) and International Crimes in Kenya, Gabrielle Lynch and Lydiah Bosire Kemunto
13. The EU Independent International Fact-Finding Mission (2008-2009) and International Crimes in Georgia, S. Neil MacFarlane
14. The UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (2009) and International Crimes in Israel and Palestine, Neve Gordon
15. The UN International Commission of Inquiry (2009) and International Crimes in Guinea, Michael McGovern
16. The UN Panel of Experts (2011) and International Crimes in Sri Lanka, Damien Kingsbury
17. The Independent Commission of Inquiry (2011) and International Crimes in Bahrain, Micaela Frulli
18. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (2011) and International Crimes in Cote d'Ivoire, Viviane Dittrich
19. The UN International Commission of Inquiry (2011- 2012) and International Crimes in Libya, Kevin Jon Heller
20. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (2011-present) and International Crimes in Syria, Polina Levina and Gerry Simpson
21. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights and International Crimes in North Korea
Part III- Conclusion
22. Whither Commissions of Inquiry in International Law, Philip Alston
23. Whither Commissions of Inquiry in International Relations?, Stephen Hopgood