| 2016 | Syria | General Assembly resolution 71/248 of 21 Dec. 2016 | International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of those Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 |
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1999 |
General Assembly resolution 54/185 of 17 Dec. 1999 |
OHCHR Investigative team for Afghanistan |
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| 1998 | Cambodia | General Assembly resolution 52/135 of 12 Dec. 1998 | Group of experts for Cambodia to evaluate the existing evidence and propose further measures, as a means of bringing about national reconciliation, strengthening democracy and addressing the issue of individual accountability |
| 1973 | Mozambique | General Assembly resolution 3114 (XXVIII) of 12 Dec. 1973 | Commission of inquiry on the reported massacres in Mozambique |
| 1963 | Viet Nam | General Assembly at the request of the Government of Vietnam A/PV.1239 of 11 Oct. 1963, paras. 170-174 | UN Fact-finding mission to South Viet-Nam to ascertain the facts of the situation in that country as regards relations between the Government of the Republic of Viet-Nam and the Viet-Namese Buddhist community |
| 2013 | Central African Republic | Security Council resolution 2127 (2013) of 5 Dec. 2013 | International Commission of Inquiry to investigate events in the Central African Republic since 1 January 2013 |
| 2004 | Sudan (Darfur) | Security Council resolution 1564 (2004) of 18 Sep. 2004 | International commission of inquiry on Darfur in order immediately to investigate reports of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law in Darfur by all parties |
| 2004 | Côte d’Ivoire | Security Council S/PRST/2004/17 of 25 May 2004 | International commission of inquiry to investigate all human rights violations committed in Côte d’Ivoire |
| 1995 | Burundi | Security Council resolution 1012 (1995) of 28 Aug. 1995 | International commission of inquiry for Burundi |
| 1994 | Rwanda | Security Council resolution 935 (1994) of 1 July 1994 | Commission of experts to to examine and analyse the continuing reports indicating that systematic, widespread and flagrant violations of international humanitarian law, including acts of genocide, have been committed in Rwanda |
| 1993 | Burundi | Security Council S/26757 of 16 Nov. 1993 | Preparatory fact-finding mission to Burundi to investigate the coup d’état of 21 October 1993, the assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye, and the subsequent massacres |
| 1993 | Liberia | Security Council S/25918 of 9 June 1993 | Panel of Inquiry on Liberia to conduct a thorough and full investigation of the massacre of the civilians, which occurred near Harbel, Liberia on the morning of 6 June 1993 |
| 1992 | the former Yugoslavia | Security Council resolution 780 (1992) of 6 Oct. 1992 | Commission of experts to investigate situation in the former Yugoslavia |
| 1979 | Palestine/Israel | Security Council resolutions 446 (1979) of 22 Mar. 1979, 452(4979) of 20 July 1979, 465 (1980) of 1 Mar. 1980 | Security Council Commission concerning Israeli settlements in Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem |
| 2021 | Belarus | Human Rights Council resolution 46/20 of 23 March 2021 | OHCHR Fact-finding Mission to Belarus |
| 2020 | Libya | Human Rights Council resolution 43/39 of 22 June 2020 | Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya |
| 2019 | Venezuela | Human Rights Council resolution 42/25 of 27 Sept. 2019 | Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivian Republic of Venezuela |
| 2018 | Myanmar | Human Rights Council resolution 39/2 of 27 Sept. 2018 | Independent mechanism to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyze evidence of the most serious international crimes and violations of international law committed in Myanmar since 2011 |
| 2018 | Palestine/Israel |
Human Rights Council resolution S-28/1 of 22 May 2018 |
United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the the 2018 protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory |
| 2017 | Yemen | Human Rights Council resolution 36/31 of 29 Sept. 2017 | Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen |
| 2017 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Human Right Council resolution 35/33 of 23 June 2017 | OHCHR Fact-finding mission to the Kasai regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 2017 | Myanmar | Human Rights Council resolution 34/22 of 24 Mar. 2017 | International fact-finding mission to Myanmar |
| 2016 | Burundi | Human Rights Council resolution 33/24 of 30 Sep. 2016 | Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Burundi |
| 2016 | South Sudan | Human Rights Council resolution S-26/1 of 14 Dec. 2016 | United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan |
| 2015 | South Sudan | Human Rights Council resolution 31/20 of 23 Mar. 2016 | United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan |
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2015 |
Burundi | Human Rights Council resolution S-24/1 of 17 Dec. 2015 | OHCHR mission to Burundi to investigate violations and abuses of human rights |
| 2015 | South Sudan | Human Rights Council resolution 29/13 of 2 July 2015 (in A/70/53, pp. 186-190) | OHCHR Assessment mission to improve human rights, accountability and reconciliation for South Sudan |
| 2015 | Cameroon, Chad, the Niger, Nigeria - Boko Haram | Human Rights Council resolution S-23/1 of 1 April 2015 (in A/70/53, pp. 149-151) | OHCHR Fact-finding mission to investigate atrocities committed by the terrorist group Boko Haram and its effects on human rights in the affected States [Cameroon, Chad, the Niger, Nigeria] |
| 2015 | Libya | Human Rights Council resolution 28/30 of 27 Mar. 2015 (in A/70/53, pp. 128-132) | OHCHR Investigation mission to Libya |
| 2015 | Syria | Human Rights Council resolution 28/20 of 27 Mar. 2015 (in A/70/53, pp. 13-17) | Independent international commission of inquiry on Syrian Arab Republic |
| 2014 | Iraq | Human Rights Council resolution S-22/1 of 1 Sep. 2014 (in A/69/53/Add.1, pp. 7-9) | OHCHR Investigation mission to Iraq |
| 2014 | Palestine/Israel | Human Rights Council resolution S-21/1 of 23 July 2014 (in A/69/53, pp. 224-227) | The United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict |
| 2014 | Eritrea | Human Rights Council resolution 26/24 of 27 June 2014 (in A/69/53, pp. 194-198) and 29/18 of 2 July 2015 (in A/70/53, pp. 203-207) | Commission of Inquiry to investigate all alleged violations of human rights in Eritrea |
| 2014 | Sri Lanka | Human Rights Council resolution 25/1 of 9 Apr. 2014 (in A/69/53, pp. 14-17) | OHCHR investigation on Sri-Lanka |
| 2014 | Syria | Human Rights Council resolution 25/23 of 28 Mar. 2014 (in A/69/53, pp. 190-194) | Independent international commission of inquiry on Syrian Arab Republic |
| 2013 | Central African Republic | Human Rights Council resolution 23/18 of 13 June 2013 (in A/68/53, pp. 168-170) | OHCHR Fact-finding mission to Central African Republic |
| 2013 | Syria | Human Rights Council resolution 22/24 of 22 Mar. 2013 (in A/68/53, pp. 76-81) | Independent international commission of inquiry on Syrian Arab Republic |
| 2013 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Human Rights Council resolution 22/13 of 21 Mar. 2013 (in A/68/53, pp. 49-51) | Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
| 2013 | Mali | Human Rights Council resoluion 22/18 of 21 Mar. 2013 (in A/68/53, pp. 59-61) | OHCHR Fact-finding mission on the situation of human rights in Mali |
| 2012 | Syria | Human Rights Council resolution 21/26 of 28 Sep. 2012 (in A/67/53/Add.1, pp. 67-70) | Independent international commission of inquiry on Syrian Arab Republic |
| 2012 | Syria | Human Rights Council resolution 19/22 of 23 Mar. 2012 (in A/67/53, pp. 62-66) | Independent international commission of inquiry on Syrian Arab Republic |
| 2012 | Palestine/Israel | Human Rights Council resolution 19/17 of 22 Mar. 2012 (in A/67/53, pp. 50-53) | Independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem |
| 2011 | Syria | Human Rights Council resolution S-17/1 of 23 Aug. 2011 (in A/66/53, pp. 29-31) | Independent international commission of inquiry on Syrian Arab Republic |
| 2011 | Syria | Human Rights Council resolution S-16/1 of 29 Apr. 2011 (in A/66/53, p. 27-29) | OHCHR Fact-finding mission to the Syrian Arab Republic |
| 2011 | Côte d'Ivoir | Human Rights Council resolution 16/25 of 25 Mar. 2011 (in A/66/53, pp. 9-11) | International Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Situation of Human Rights in Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2011 | Libya | Human Rights Council resolutions S-15/1 of 25 Feb. 2011 (in A/66/53, pp. 25-27) and 17/17 of 17 June 2011 (in A/66/53, pp. 170-171) | International Commission of Inquiry on Libya |
| 2010 | Palestine/Israel | Human Rights Council resolutions 13/9 of 25 Mar. 2010 (in A/65/53, pp.101-103); 15/6 of 29 Sep. 2010 (in A/65/53/Add.1, pp. 24-27) | Committee of independent experts to monitor and assess any domestic, legal or other proceedings undertaken by both the Government of Israel and the Palestinian side |
| 2010 | Palestine/Israel | Human Rights Council resolution 14/1 of 2 June 2010, see A/65/53, pp. 160-161 | International fact-finding mission to investigate violations of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law, resulting from the Israeli attacks on the flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian assistance to Gaza |
| 2009 | Honduras | Human Rights Council resolution 12/14 of 1 Oct. 2009 (in A/65/53, p. 30) | OHCHR Mission on situation of human rights in Honduras since the coup d'état on 28 June 2009 |
| 2009 | Palestine/Israel | Human Rights Council resolution S-9/1 of 12 Jan. 2009 (in A/64/53, pp. 153-156) | UN Fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict |
| 2006 | Sudan (Darfur) | Human Rights Council decision S-4/101 of 13 Dec. 2006 (in A/62/53, p. 87) | High-level Mission on the situation of human rights in Darfur |
| 2006 | Palestine/Israel | Human Rights Council resolution S-3/1 of 15 Nov. 2006 (in A/62/53, pp. 85-86) | High-level fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun |
| 2006 | Lebanon | Human Rights Council resolution S-2/1 of 11 Aug. 2006 (in A/61/53, pp. 108-110) | Commission of inquiry on Lebanon |
| 2000 | Palestine/Israel | Commission on Human Rights resolution S-5/1 of 19 Oct. 2000 (in E/2000/112, pp. 4-7) | Commission of inquiry to gather and compile information on violations of human rights and acts which constitute grave breaches of international humanitarian law by the Israeli occupying Power in the occupied Palestinian territories |
| 1999 | Timor-Leste | Commission on Human Rights resolution S-4/1 of 27 Sep. 1999 (in E/1999/23/Add.1, pp. 4-8) | International Commission of Inquiry on East Timor |
| 1997 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1997/58 of 15 Apr. 1997 (in E/CN.4/1997/150, pp. 194-198) ;2000/15 of 18 Apr. 2000 (in E/2000/23, pp.99-105); 2001/19 of 20 Apr. 2001 (in E/2001/23, pp. 114-121) ; 2002/14 of 19 Apr. 2002 (in E/2002/23, pp. 71-78) | Joint investigative mission to investigate allegations of massacres and other issues affecting human rights which arise from the situation prevailing In Eastern Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) since September 1996 |
| 1997 | Guatemala | Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/51 of 15 Apr. 1997(in E/1997/23, p. 167) | United Nations Mission to Guatemala |
| 1988 | Cuba | Commission on Human Rights decision 1998/106 of 10 Mar. 1988 (in E/1988/12, p. 168); at the invitation of the Government of Cuba | Mission to Cuba to observe the human rights situation |
| 1975 | Chile | Commission on Human Rights resolution 8 (XXXI) of 27 Feb. 1977 (in E/5635, pp. 66-67) | Ad Hoc Working Group to inquire into the situation of human rights in Chile |
| 2018 | Mali | UN Secretary-General, 19 Jan. 2018 | International Commission of Inquiry for Mali |
| 2010 | Sri Lanka | UN Secretary-General,SG/SM/12967 of 22 June 2010 | Secretary-General's Panel of experts on accountability in Sri Lanka |
| 2009 | Guinea | UN Secretary-General S/2009/556 of 28 Oct. 2009 | International commission of Inquiry on Guinea |
| 2008 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | UN Secretary-General S/2006/390 of 13 June 2006, para. 54. | Mapping exercise of the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between March 1993 and June 2003 |
| 2006 | Timor-Leste | UN Secretary-General upon request of Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste, S/2006/383 of 13 June 2006 |
Independent special commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste |
| 2000 | Côte D'Ivoire | UN Secretary-General upon the request of the Government of Côte d'Ivoire | Commission d'enquête internationale pour la Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2000 | Togo | UN Secretary-General and the Secretary-General of African Unity upon request of the Government of Togo | Commission of inquiry for Togo |
| 1997 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | UN Secretary-General S/1997/617 of 6 Aug. 1997 | UN Investigative team charged with investigating serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the Democratic Republic of the Congo committed since March 1993 |
| 1993 | Abkhazia (Georgia) | UN Secretary-General | Fact-finding mission to investigate human rights violations in Abkhazia, Republic of Georgia |
| 2017 | Myanmar | High Commissioner for Human Rights | OHCHR mission to Bangladesh to interview Rohingyas who had entered Bangladesh from northern Rakhine State (Myanmar) in the aftermath of the 9 October 2016 attacks |
| 2009 | Nepal | High Commissioner for Human Rights | Nepal conflict mapping |
| 2008 | Kenya | High Commissioner for Human Rights | OHCHR Fact-finding mission to Kenya to look into the violence and allegations of grave human rights violations following the presidential elections in December 2007 |
| 2006 | Afghanistan | High Commissioner for Human Rights | Afghanistan conflict mapping |
| 2006 | Morocco | High Commissioner for Human Rights | OHCHR mission to Western Sahara and refugee camps in Tindouf |
| 2005 | Togo | High Commissioner for Human Rights | OHCHR fact-finding mission to Togo |
| 2005 | Uzbekistan | High Commissioner for Human Rights | OHCHR mission to Kyrgyzstan to investigate serious violations of human rights in Andijan, Uzbekistan in May 2005 |
| 2004 | Côte d'Ivoire | Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights, upon request of the UN Secretary-General | Commission of Inquiry on the events connected with the march planned for 25 March 2004 in Abidjan |
| 2004 | Darfur (Sudan)(Darfur) | Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights | OHCHR Fact-finding mission to Darfur |
| 2002 | Colombia | High Commissioner for Human Rights upon the request of the Government of Colombia | OHCHR inquiry into alleged massacre in the Chocó region of Colombia |
| 2002 | Côte d'Ivoire | High Commissioner for Human Rights, upon request of the UN Secretary-General | OHCHR Fact-finding mission to Côte d'Ivoire to compile information on the human rights and humanitarian situation |
| 1998 | Afghanistan | High Commissioner for Human Rights | OHCHR Exploratory mission to Afghanistan to determine the feasibility of an investigation into allegations of serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed in Afghanistan in the course of 1997 |
