Trial Monitoring: A Reference Manual for Practitioners
9.3.5 Interviews with police
9.3.6 Interviews with governmental officials, judicial and prosecutorial councils,
training and disciplinary bodies
9.3.7 Communication with the international community and NGOs in a host country
9.3.8 Dealing with confidential or sensitive information in the context of interviews
9.4 Information gathering on the basis of questionnaires or surveys
9.5 Review of media reports on trials and other cases
CHAPTER 10: Analysis of Trial-Monitoring Findings
10.1 Problem identification
10.2 Problem verification
10.3 Identification of root causes and appropriate remedies
10.4 Monitoring developments after identifying and making note of an issue
CHAPTER 11: Internal Reporting Systems
11.1 Characteristics of case reports
11.2 Basic components of a case report
11.3 Selecting a case-reporting system
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Open (or narrative) reporting system
Closed (or questionnaire) reporting systems
A comparison of open and closed reporting systems
Hybrid formats - open organized format
11.4 Strategies to organize, simplify and systematize reporting
11.4.1 Using instructions to ensure a clear reporting methodology
11.4.2 Simplifying the reporting of facts
11.4.3 Hearing-based monitoring and reporting
11.5 Secondary internal reporting
11.5.1 Internal reporting by legal analysts
11.5.2 Other reporting by monitors
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CHAPTER 12: Advocacy Strategies
12.1 Promoting a positive image of the trial-monitoring programme and
establishing effective co-operation with the authorities
12.2 Public reporting
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CHAPTER 13: Measuring the Impact of Systemic Trial-Monitoring Activities
13.1 Choice of a model for measuring impact
13.2 Choosing indicators to measure impact
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12.2.1 Comprehensive reports related to the functioning of the justice system
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12.2.3 Reports on individual cases or sets of cases
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12.2.4 Other regular and frequent public reports
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12.2.5 Organizing trial-monitoring public reports
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12.2.6 Good practices for getting reports done on time
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12.2.7 Maximizing the acceptance and impact of public reporting
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12.3 Confidential and semi-public reporting
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12.4 Supporting other advocacy and capacity-building activities
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12.4.1 Undertaking outreach activities to disseminate monitoring findings
and programme views
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12.4.2 Providing expert advice and participating in working groups for the
implementation of reforms
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12.4.3 Support of training for actors in the justice sector
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12.4.4 Supporting the development and work of domestic institutions
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