One of the big issues right now is what kind of inquiry the resolution would call for. There are different grades of toughness and seriousness and full resource-ness of the commissions. So what we're calling for is a full-scale classic commission of inquiry that would have powers to look into...I listed some of the essential elements in my testimony. But it would look into, crucially, those particular bad months from September 2008 to September 2009. It would be able to protect witnesses. It would have the resources to travel, because it's not going to be able to get into Sri Lanka because the government of Sri Lanka has made clear that they would not allow such a body to visit.
But we would prefer that to what is also being discussed, which would be simply to empower the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to do their own investigation. While that would be better than nothing and would be a step forward, it would not be as strong a step forward. We believe what appeared to have been the form and scale of crimes committed at the very end of the Sri Lanka civil war are on a scale equal to many other places where there have been commissions of inquiry.
Prior to Syria, it was most likely the worst atrocities of this century. Now, it's a young century, but nonetheless there were very serious violations. They deserve the same treatment as others despite the fact that almost five years have passed since the actual events.