A/HRC/18/49 rights law reported by the Mission, and any other serious allegations that might come to its attention; (b) Inform the Security Council, within a further period of three months, of actions taken, or in the process of being taken, by the Government of Israel to inquire into, investigate and prosecute such serious violations. 15. To date, the Security Council has not directed such a request to the Government of Israel. 16. In paragraph 1969 (b) of its report, the Mission further recommended that the Security Council should at the same time establish an independent committee of experts in international humanitarian and human rights law to monitor and report on any domestic legal or other proceedings undertaken by the Government of Israel in relation to the abovementioned investigations. The Mission also recommended that such a committee should report at the end of its six-month period to the Security Council on its assessment of relevant domestic proceedings initiated by the Government of Israel, including their progress, effectiveness and genuineness, so that the Security Council may assess whether appropriate action to ensure justice for victims and accountability for perpetrators has been or is being taken at the domestic level; that the Security Council should request the committee to report to it at determined intervals, as may be necessary; and that the committee should be appropriately supported by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). 17. To date, the Security Council has not established such a committee.3 18. In paragraph 1969 (d) of its report, the Mission recommended that the Security Council should require the said independent committee of experts to monitor and report on any domestic legal or other proceedings undertaken by the relevant authorities in the Gaza Strip in relation to the above-mentioned investigations and that the committee should report at the end of the six-month period to the Security Council on its assessment of relevant domestic proceedings initiated by the relevant authorities in Gaza, including their progress, effectiveness and genuineness, so that the Security Council might assess whether appropriate action to ensure justice for victims and accountability for perpetrators had been taken or was being taken at the domestic level. The Mission also recommended that the Security Council should request the committee to report to it at determined intervals, as might be necessary. 19. In paragraphs 1969 (c) and (e) of its report, the Mission further recommended that, upon receipt of the committee’s report, the Security Council should consider the situation and, in the absence of good-faith investigations that are independent and in conformity with international standards having been undertaken or being under way within six months of the date of its resolution under Article 40 by the appropriate authorities of Israel or the relevant authorities in Gaza, respectively acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the 3 The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 13/9, decided to establish a committee of independent experts in international humanitarian and human rights laws to monitor and assess any domestic, legal or other proceedings undertaken by both the Government of Israel and the Palestinian side, in the light of General Assembly resolution 64/254, including the independence, effectiveness and genuineness of these investigations and their conformity with international standards. In accordance with that same resolution, the Committee of Independent Experts presented its report to Human Rights Council at its fifteenth session (A/HRC/15/50). In its resolution 15/6, the Council welcomed the Committee’s report and decided to renew and resume the mandate of the Committee. In accordance with that same resolution, the Committee of Independent Experts presented its report to the Council at its sixteenth session (A/HRC/16/24). In its resolution 16/32, the Council took note of the Committee’s two reports and called for the implementation of the conclusions contained therein. 5