OTHER ENTITIES INVOLVED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 78. The Commission for Investigations is established under Article 90 of the Constitution and the Commission for Investigations Act Chapter 39 of the Laws of Zambia. The President, in consultation with the Judicial Service Commission, appoints the Chairman of the Commission for Investigations. The Commission for Investigations is empowered to investigate and report to the President on complaints made to it about mal-administrative actions taken by public authorities. The Commission has no power to question or review any judicial decisions. However, the Commission has formal powers to examine witnesses and to seek access to documents. It conducts investigations privately and usually works in an informal manner. 79. The role of the Investigator-General (the Ombudsman) is to determine whether there has been any mal-administration on the part of a relevant agency to justify a complaint, or whether the agency has acted improperly or wrongly. Where it finds that a complaint has merit, the Commission may recommend to the President that remedial action be taken. A special feature of the powers of the Investigator-General is that the InvestigatorGeneral is required to consider whether a provision of the Act or a practice upon which a decision is based is unreasonable, unjust, oppressive or discriminatory. Thus, the Investigator-General can suggest that a decision is objectionable even if such a decision is not in itself invalid. GENERAL FRAMEWORK PROTECTED 80. WITHIN WHICH HUMAN RIGHTS ARE Zambia has ratified and acceded to several human rights conventions, these include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial 49