Section 1: The Diversity of Contemporary Commissions of Inquiry1. A Functional Typology of Commissions of Inquiry Patrick Butchard and Christian Henderson2. Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony: The Politics of Establishing United Nations Commissions of Inquiry Michelle Farrell and Ben Murphy3. Lessons From Two Regional Missions: Fact-finding in Georgia and South Sudan Rob Grace4. Domestic Commissions of Inquiry and International Law: The Importance of Normative Authority Stephen Samuel and James A GreenSection 2: Commissions of Inquiry and International Courts and Tribunals5. Commissions of Inquiry and Traditional Mechanisms of Dispute Settlement Alexander Orakhelashvili6. Commissions of Inquiry: Courting International Criminal Courts and Tribunals Christine Schwöbel-Patel7. The Impact of International Commissions of Inquiry on the Proceedings before the International Criminal Court Triestino MarinielloSection 3: Issues in the Substantive Engagement of Commissions of Inquiries with International Law8. The Interplay between International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law in the Practice of Commissions of Inquiry Marco Odello9. Laying the Foundations: Commissions of Inquiry and the Development of International Law Shane Darcy10. Quo Vadis? Commissions of Inquiry and their Implications for the Coherence of International Law Russell BuchanSection 4: Procedural Questions and Working Methods 11. Selectivity and Choices in Human Rights Fact-finding: Reconciling Subjectivity with Objectivity? Théo Boutruche12. Commissions of Inquiry and Procedural Fairness Alison Bisset13. A Visible College: The Community of Fact-finding PracticeCorinne Heaven