The Commission established a National Inquiry Committee with the primary responsibility of undertaking all necessary actions.

A national inquiry is a mechanism that can be used to achieve the Commission's mandate to look into systemic human rights issues with a view to solving it through systematic means. By adopting a broad-based human rights approach, it can examine a large situation as opposed to an individual complaint. This has a dual focus, fulfilling both fact-finding and educational roles. An effective national inquiry is one that is supported by the exercise of powers to subpoena witnesses and documents to its hearings, and produce a public report that contains recommendations to all relevant parties.

A national inquiry also has the benefit of being educational in nature, capable of educating the general public and all parties concerned, and regarded to be better at investigating systemic causes of human rights violations. Using methodologies that involve broad participation in an issue, all perspectives can be heard resulting in more comprehensive recommendations, with general and specific applications to effectively tackle the issue.