Acknowledgements OHCHR wishes to thank the individuals and organizations that provided comments, suggestions and support for the preparation of this tool. In particular, it would like to gratefully acknowledge the consultants who had primary responsibility for developing the tool, Paul Seils and Marieke Wierda. OHCHR would also like to acknowledge the organization that provided essential support to the consultants, the International Center for Transitional Justice. Special thanks are due to the European Commission, whose financial contribution made it possible to carry out this project and publish the rule-of-law tools. vii