Amnesty International said that the Commission of Inquiry...

Amnesty International said that the Commission of Inquiry to probe allegations that a Guyana government minister was involved in a "death squad" should meet international guidelines.
"The Commission of Inquiry should be framed around international standards that provide detailed guidance on the elements needed for an effective investigation into such allegations, particularly the UN's Model Protocol for a Legal Investigation of Extra-Legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions (the "Minnesota Protocol")," it said in a statement.
"The requirement under international law that those investigating allegations of unlawful killings be independent of those under scrutiny is also incompatible with the appointment of the serving Chair of the Police Service Commission onto the three- person commission team," Amnesty International said.
"The grave and serious nature of the allegations that a death squad is killing and torturing, possibly with the collusion of a government Minister, is of extreme concern. These allegations must be vigorously investigated and the public must have full confidence in those investigations," it added.