The international community has entrusted you with the protection of the greatest good known to mankind, a good that is so susceptible to injury. You have been charged to act, and act you must on behalf of all humanity, if states do not live up to their human rights commitments and their duty to protect their citizens. The Human Rights Council provides a venue where specific and sometimes controversial issues are addressed in the event that people’s basic rights are violated. You have demonstrated here that you will not tolerate behaviour which flies in the face of human dignity. The Commission of Inquiry on Syria established to investigate the conflict in Syria is a case in point. More could conceivably be done in this direction – and I think it should be done.