...The open-ended intergovernmental working group (OEIWG) has to grapple with two issues related to the scope of the proposed instrument. The first issue about the “regulatory targets” has already been dealt with in the previous panel. The second issue is about the “subject matter” of the instrument...[T]here are at least three broad options for the OEIWG regarding the subject-matter of the proposed instrument...The first option will be to limit the scope of the treaty to “gross” human rights abuses...The second option will be to extend the scope of the proposed treaty to all “core”international human rights instruments...The OEIWG should, therefore, consider the third option, under which “all” international human rights instruments (not merely the existing ones but also those that might evolve in future)...