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Pursuant to Security Council resolution 2127 of 5 December 2013 which established an International Com mission of Inquiry to investigate international human rights and humanitarian laws violation and abuses in CAR by all the parties involved in the armed conflict since 1 January 2013. The Secretary - General of the United Nations appointed Madame Fatimata M ’ B aye, Professor Philip Alston and Bernard A Muna as members of the Commission. Bernard A. Muna was asked by the Secretary - General to Chair the Commission.
In paragraph 24 of resolution 2127, the Security Council requested the Commission to compile informati on to help identify the perpetrators of such violations and abuses, point to their possible criminal responsibility and help ensure that those responsible are held accountable.
The Commission started work only in April 2014, under very difficult conditions , including a hostile and violent atmosphere that made it difficult for investigators to carry out their work, especially in the interior of the country. It was initially able to conduct investigations, albeit only in a constrained and limited manner, of t he violations and abuses that were committed in Bangui, parts of which enjoyed relative calm at certain intervals, thus permitting access by investigators.
Working under these conditions, the Commission nevertheless filed a preliminary report, after only two months of limited investigations, in June 2014, in keeping with paragraph 25 of resolution 2127.
This second report is a result of investigations largely carried out on violations and abuses that took place in Bangui and the western part of the country . The investigators visited 15 towns and surrounding villages outside Bangui to meet with victims, their relatives, witnesses and alleged perpetrators.
At the onset of its activities, the Commission drew up an ambitious but realistic plan to undertake a f ar wider range of investigative missions, covering the key areas most affected by the violence in the western part of the country. However missions to the central part of the CAR proved impossible due to high security risks to the members of the investigat ing teams.
The Commission gathered as much information as possible and attached great importance to meeting with the President and members of the National Transitional Government, members of the diplomatic community in Bangui, United Nations organs and age ncies, and international and national NGO ’ s. The Commission also met with members of the CAR judicial and prosecution services, private legal practitioners as well as leaders of their respective associations.