(c) Removing any obstacles to the attendance of victims or witnesses and affording any person protection, as appropriate, from any acts of violence, intimidation, threats, reprisals or any kind of discrimination on account of their cooperation with the Commission, and from any legal action as a result of such cooperation. REPORT Rule 20 (a) The report shall be drafted in private meetings; (b) The Commission shall finalize its report, incorporating its conclusions and recommendations, within the time frame stipulated in the mandate or, if not stipulated, by the date agreed by the members; (c) The report shall be submitted to the appropriate body in accordance with the Commission’s mandate and terms of reference. ARCHIVING OF INFORMATION Rule 21 Archiving and custody of information, documents and other materials gathered by the Commission shall be the responsibility of the Secretariat and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In discussion with the members, and with due consideration to protecting the confidentiality and integrity of data, and based on United Nations rules, the secretariat shall determine which data should be archived in hard copy and which may be archived in electronic form. ADOPTION OF RULES OF PROCEDURES Rule 22 The Commission shall adapt these rules to the specificities of its mandate and terms of reference and adopt them in the course of its first meeting. The rules of procedures shall constitute, together with the terms of reference, an integral part of the official documentation of the Commission. OTHER PROCEDURAL MATTERS Rule 23 Any procedural matters arising at a meeting which are not covered by these rules shall be determined by the members, under the leadership of the Chair, and in accordance with procedures used to take other decisions of similar importance. GUIDANCE AND PRACTICE 113