In this era of fake news, the Globe and Mail should explain who is:  "Human Rights Watch" and who provides funding for this organization?  This organization has very slick looking publications, over 60 million dollars (US) per year in "revenues" (contributions) and over 130 million (US) in "investments" on their balance sheet.  The U.N. already has a Human Rights Commission, but someone thought that another entity was needed (this Human Rights Watch) - why was this other entity needed?   Syria is a member of the U.N. and the U.N. already has an investigation process into human rights violations in member states.