Alternatively, the United Nations might create a new body responsible for formulating transitional justice processes. While this path might be more difficult to navigate politically and practically than an adapta- tion of the ICC, a body designed specifically to craft transitional justice mechanisms is significantly more likely to be successful in the long run. Relying on the principles laid out above, this new body would undertake thorough and rigorous empirical and cultural research before determining the form of transitional justice mechanism appropriate for a given post-conflict society. Institutional expenses might be defrayed through reliance on academic and nonprofit organizations willing to design and implement empirical surveys and cultural studies. Such a body could also perform the important function of collecting institutional knowledge of transitional justice mechanisms. While maintaining awareness that each situation of mass violence is different, the body could draw lessons from past mistakes and successes