"Following the communal violence that wracked the western parts of Myanmar near the border of Bangladesh in 2012, the country?s president established a commission of inquiry comprising of retired public servants, religious figures, politicians, academics and members of civil society. The commission handed down its findings on 22 April 2013. Despite high expectations, the 119-page report is gravely flawed. Although it contains a few useful recommendations and observations, to which the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar alluded in a press release of 1 M ay 2013, the commission?s positive contributions are outweighed by a range of omission s and misrepresentations and by an us- versus-them mentality that pervades the document...".....Written NGO statement to the 23th Session of UN Human Rights Council.