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The convention does not favour generalised immunities, privileges and exclusions—it deals with the facts and circumstances of each case and whether the test of proportionality has been met. Many conventions—written or unwritten—will have to be revisited.
Also, as Irene said, some of the information produced by on-going academic studies would be useful to us. I am sure that many academic studies have collated such information.
Your inquiry function is broader than what is proposed for our commissioner for human rights. How many inquiries do you conduct annually and how long do they take?
People will gain confidence from knowing that there is a commissioner for public appointments and a proper, regulated process. Many people do not appreciate that there already is a commissioner.
We should be able to detach such cases from examples in which somebody is spending many an evening writing out petitions because it seems like a good idea.