After the report
What official inquiries found, and what happened next
Public inquiries, royal commissions and commissions of inquiry often take years and produce thousands of pages. This record sets out what each one found, what it recommended and what governments actually did, with the report linked.
AustraliaCanadaFranceInternational (United Nations)IrelandJapanKenyaLebanonNetherlandsNew ZealandSouth AfricaUnited KingdomUnited States
Post Office Horizon IT InquiryUnited KingdomThe prosecution of sub-postmasters based on data from the Post Office's Horizon IT system, and redress for those affected.8 July 2025Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic InstitutionsCanadaForeign interference in Canada's 2019 and 2021 federal elections and in its democratic institutions.28 January 2025Grenfell Tower InquiryUnited KingdomThe fire at Grenfell Tower in west London on 14 June 2017, in which 72 people died.4 September 2024UK Covid-19 InquiryUnited KingdomThe UK's preparedness for and response to the Covid-19 pandemic, examined in a series of modules.18 July 2024Infected Blood InquiryUnited KingdomThe infection of patients with HIV and hepatitis through contaminated blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.20 May 2024Royal Commission into the Robodebt SchemeAustraliaThe Australian government's automated income compliance programme, which used income averaging to raise welfare debts.7 July 2023Public Order Emergency CommissionCanadaThe federal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act on 14 February 2022 in response to protests and blockades in Ottawa and at border crossings.17 February 2023House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States CapitolUnited StatesThe attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result.22 December 2022Parliamentary Interrogation Committee on Childcare Benefits (Parlementaire ondervragingscommissie Kinderopvangtoeslag)NetherlandsThe Dutch Tax Authority's handling of childcare benefits, including the reclaiming of benefits from parents treated as fraudsters.17 December 2020Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019New ZealandThe terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch on 15 March 2019, and what state agencies knew beforehand.8 December 2020Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services IndustryAustraliaMisconduct in Australia's banking, superannuation and financial services industry.1 February 2019Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual AbuseAustraliaHow institutions in Australia responded to child sexual abuse, across schools, care, religious, sporting and other settings.15 December 2017The Iraq Inquiry (Chilcot Inquiry)United KingdomUK government policy on Iraq from 2001 to 2009, including the decision to join the 2003 invasion and its aftermath.6 July 2016Marikana Commission of Inquiry (Farlam Commission)South AfricaThe deaths of 44 people during a strike at Lonmin's Marikana mine from 11 to 16 August 2012, including 34 shot by police on 16 August.25 June 2015Hillsborough Independent Panel and the 2014 to 2016 Hillsborough inquestsUnited KingdomThe crush at Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield on 15 April 1989, in which 96 Liverpool supporters died.12 September 2012Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC)JapanThe accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.2012Senate joint information mission on Mediator (Mission commune d'information sur le Mediator)FranceThe marketing and late withdrawal of the drug Mediator (benfluorex) and the functioning of France's medicines regulation.28 June 2011Bloody Sunday Inquiry (Saville Inquiry)United KingdomThe shooting of civilians by British soldiers in Derry on 30 January 1972, in which 13 people were killed and another man later died of his injuries.15 June 2010Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin (Murphy Report)IrelandHow the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin and State authorities handled complaints of clerical child sexual abuse from 1975 to 2004.November 2009Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Ryan Report)IrelandAbuse of children in residential institutions run by religious congregations and funded by the State.20 May 2009Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (Waki Commission)KenyaViolence in Kenya following the December 2007 presidential election.2008National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission)United StatesThe 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States, including intelligence failures, preparedness and the immediate response.July 2004Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in RwandaInternational (United Nations)The actions of the United Nations before and during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.December 1999Judicial investigation into the Beirut port explosionLebanonThe explosion at the port of Beirut on 4 August 2020, which killed more than 220 people.