A/HRC/19/69 (131), Homs (127), Rif Dimashq (63), Alhasak (47), Deir el-Zour (45), Tartus (19), Halab (18), Al Ladhiqiyah (12), Hama (10 and Ar Raqqah (30). The Government also highlighted that nine school directors had stones thrown at them and two had been shot and injured. IV. Responsibility for crimes against humanity, gross violations and abuses 83. The commission documented a widespread and systematic pattern of gross violations committed by State forces – in conditions of impunity – since March 2011. It also found instances of gross abuses committed by anti-Government armed groups. Consistent with its mandate, the commission endeavoured, where possible, to identify those responsible with a view to ensuring that perpetrators of violations, including those that may constitute crimes against humanity, are held accountable. 84. On 31 March 2011, the Government established the National Independent Legal Commission, composed of four judges, to carry out comprehensive investigations into crimes committed in the context of the crisis. The commission enquired the Government and the Commission itself about its powers, functions and preliminary results. On 23 January 2012, the Government informed the commission that the National Independent Legal Commission and its branches in the different governorates were investigating more than 4,070 cases and that it would inform the commission about the outcome of these investigations upon their conclusion. 85. In a speech on10 January 2012, President Assad claimed that a limited number of people working for the State had been arrested for murder and other crimes. The Government did not respond to the commission‟s request to provide more details on the number of arrests or the outcome of the criminal investigations pertaining to them. The Government also provided none of the requested information on any cases in which immunity from prosecution that members of the military and security forces enjoy under Decrees Nos. 14/1969 and 69/2008 had been lifted. 86. The commission was unable to identify any case of a successful prosecution of any military or security force commanders or civilian superiors bearing responsibility for any of the crimes against humanity or other gross human rights violations in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011. 87. Following a further review of its evidence, including information collected since November 2011, the commission is satisfied that a reliable body of evidence exists that, consistent with other verified circumstances, provides reasonable grounds to believe that particular individuals, including commanding officers and officials at the highest levels of Government, bear responsibility for crimes against humanity and other gross human rights violations. The commission has deposited with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights a sealed envelope containing the names of these people, which might assist future credible investigations by competent authorities. The commission also identified particular army units, security agencies and their branch offices for which there are reasonable grounds to believe that they carried out gross human rights violations. FSA groups, for which the commission documented human rights abuses, are also listed. 88. Furthermore, the commission has deposited with the High Commissioner a comprehensive database containing all evidence collected, which may be disclosed to competent authorities carrying out credible investigations, subject to witness protection and confidentiality concerns. 16