FOCUS OF INVESTIGATIONS Identifying alleged perpetrators The identification of individuals believed to be responsible is a priority, given its direct mention in the mandate. As the CoI identifies violations, irrespective of the implicated party, it will endeavour in each instance to identify the perpetrator of the violation. It will pursue information at the level of party, entity and/or individual. The Commission will seek out information for crimes and violations that have been committed at any time within the temporal scope of the mandate. The systematic torture, disappearances, starvation/deaths in custody that are alleged within government detention centres represent an investigative priority as the violation appears to be ongoing. The identity of some involved in such conduct is available. Investigators should seek out doctors from military hospitals, defectors from the military police and elsewhere, and ex-detainees from detention centres involved, in order to build a fuller picture of the crime base and to identify those responsible at the various levels of the hierarchies within the intelligence/detention apparatus. NSAs and opposition groups are also keeping detainees, and allegations of maltreatment are circulating. These should be pursued with equal vigour. ALLEGED PERPETRATORS Based on its previous findings the CoI will continue to focus its investigations on the following individuals and institutions: (1) Government officials and institutions The CoI seeks to verify information relating to individuals and units which, owing to insufficient corroboration, did not reach the thresholds. Special attention should be paid to senior officials, including those of civilian authorities, the army and security services. Defectors and other high-level insiders will be sought out together with other sources, including open sources. State responsibility may also apply to the acts of foreign elements (see paragraph below) where those elements are acting on behalf of government forces. 112 ATTRIBUTING INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY