· Save in exceptional circumstances, do not publish a name together with an allegation of responsibility unless the named individual has been afforded the opportunity to respond; · Where feasible, identify implicated individuals and build the dossiers simultaneously with the analysis of the violations and crimes that are to be reported publicly; · Be clear as to the role of the individual, whether directly responsible, involved in planning or soliciting, or in a leadership/superior position with “command responsibility”; · Prepare dossiers in the expectation that their contents may be shared confidentially with selected recipients. When a dossier or some portion thereof is shared, a record must be kept of the request, the response, and details of the information shared; · Include sufficient information to associate the named individual with the violations and crimes for which they are alleged to be responsible. However, no sensitive information – such as that which could identify a source – may be included in the shared materials; · At the close of the mandate of independent bodies, be aware that OHCHR takes custody of the dossiers and related materials, and safeguards them in line with United Nations policy;175 · Set out in the report, or in materials handed over to OHCHR, as appropriate, any departures from standard methodology or other unique features of the collection, identification or determinations relating to individual responsibility; · When information on identified individuals is to be kept confidential, do not divulge the number identified nor the percentage of such of individuals in the different parties to a conflict. Other information concerning the content, such as the type of information included and the methodology followed, should be divulged; · To ensure the guidance survives over time, consider making recommendations in the report itself on how to use the materials collected; the recommendations should be principle-based rather than detailed, given that they cannot account For OHCHR field presences, the dossiers remain within OHCHR. 175 DOSSIERS ON RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS 105