Note The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the APF concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. ISBN 978-0-9873578-4-7 (APF print) ISBN 978-0-9873578-5-4 (APF electronic) Conducting a National Inquiry into Systemic Patterns of Human Rights Violation: A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions First edition © Copyright Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions and Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, September 2012 (updated May 2017) Second edition © Copyright Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, November 2019 No reproduction is permitted without prior written consent from the APF. Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 1042 Australia Credits United Nations photographs are the property of the United Nations, which holds all rights in connection with their usage. Cover photographs Left: Photo by butupa, reproduced under a CC BY 2.0 license. Centre: UN Photo by Luke Powell. Bottom: Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM).