An investigator from the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi prepares for interviews in a church near a refugee camp in the DRC. UN / OHCHR Photo / Uta Simon Summary of key guidance • If sharing findings or conclusions externally, the investigative body should apply its adopted standard of proof. • In all cases of information sharing: - The decision to share is to be taken by the investigative body itself, within the bounds of the mandate and applicable UN rules; - The risk that sharing poses to the security of the source(s), witnesses, perpetrators, interpreters, victims, staff, interlocutors, etc., must be carefully weighed; - The information shared must be redacted so that no source-identifying information is included in the absence of informed consent; nor are any confidential work product, internal notes, names of staff (e.g., HROs, interpreters), names of third parties (e.g., interlocutors), etc., or any superfluous information included. 92 ATTRIBUTING INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY