article_snippet: CIRC was a key part of UCI president Brian Cookson's campaign pledge ahead of his election as UCI president in September 2013.
article_snippet: We should all prepare We for that,' UCI president Brian Cookson said. '
article_snippet: UCI president Brian Cookson also promised transparency, where legally possible.
article_snippet: CIRC was established in January 2014, with CIRC terms of reference announced the following month.
article_snippet: CIRC is independent from UCI, chaired by Switzerland's former state prosecutor Dick Marty and included Peter Nicholson, an Australian who has investigated war crimes for the United Nations.
article_snippet: Professor Ulrich Haas from Germany, a specialist in anti-doping rules who works for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, is the third person on the commission.
article_snippet: The key to the commission's success may hinge on whether Cookson's predecessors agreed to give evidence.