Conducting a National Inquiry into Systemic Patterns of Human Rights Violation Acknowledgements Both the first and the second editions of this manual were written by Chris Sidoti, Senior Consultant to the APF. NHRI Expert Brian Burdekin AO, Visiting Professor at the RWI, provided advice and reviews of the original manuscript. Kieren Fitzpatrick and Pip Dargan of the APF Secretariat contributed throughout the project. The original project coordination was done by Suraina Pasha. Research assistance was provided by Erin Crawford and Clare Sidoti. The gender review and update of the project was coordinated by Aishath Fasoha. The APF gratefully acknowledges the time and contribution of APF member institutions to this project. Officers from APF member institutions, including the NHRIs of Afghanistan, Australia, India, Nepal, New Zealand, Malaysia, Palestine, Philippines and Samoa, contributed materials and information for the first edition or this second edition of the manual. The gender review of the original manual was conducted by Dr Jillian Chrisp, gender expert and APF consultant. The APF particularly thanks members of the APF Gender Mainstreaming Advisory Group who contributed their expertise to this review: Charles Dean, Office of the Ombudsman/NHRI Samoa; Joanna Maskell and Taine Polkinghorne, New Zealand Human Rights Commission; Twyla Rubin, Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines; and Zaihan Zulkarnain, SUHAKAM Human Rights Commission of Malaysia. Design and layout by Lisa Thompson of JAG Designs. The audio-visual components of the project were developed by James Iliffe and Michael Power, building on the foundation of the APF film ‘Going Public’ (2006) which was conceptualised and managed by Pip Dargan. The APF gratefully acknowledges the support of our partners. List of abbreviations vi APF Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions NGO(s) non-governmental organisation(s) NHRI(s) national human rights institution(s) OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Paris Principles Principles Relating to the Status of National Institutions RWI Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law UN United Nations