The Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death (2016) sets a common standard of performance in investigating potentially unlawful death and a shared set of principles and guidelines for States, as well as for institutions and individuals who play a role in death investigations. This publication is available for download on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at: www.ohchr.org. ISBN: 978-92-1-154220-2 Layout and Printing at United Nations, Geneva – 1714577 (E) – September 2017 – 3,185 – HR/PUB/17/4