short time frames in which they operate and the need for tools that facilitate the revision of large amounts of interviews, information and data by all relevant members of the team, especially those in charge of gender and legal analysis and reporting. If the information is entered in the database correctly and diligently, for instance systematically including all relevant gendersensitive aspects that arise from the interviews or information and using specific gender-sensitive categories to organize the information, this can provide the team with straightforward and timely access to information that is relevant to conducting a gender analysis and also to obtaining both an overview and a detailed narrative of the events. This may also facilitate the gathering of disaggregated data concerning each violation/incident/pattern, allowing for a clearer understanding of the nature and scope of the violations/abuses and their impact on women, girls, men or boys. Example “Several testimonies reported … sexual torture used on male detainees. Men were routinely made to undress and remain naked. Several former detainees reported beatings of genitals, forced oral sex, electroshocks and cigarette burns to the anus in detention facilities … Several of the detainees were repeatedly threatened that they would be raped in front of their family and that their wives and daughters would also be raped.” (A/HRC/S-17/2/Add.1, para. 66) “The Mission was informed that some soldiers held at the military camp … were apparently forced by the camp leaders to have sex with each other while their captors filmed the scene with amusement. The same soldiers stubbed cigarettes on different parts of their victims’ bodies.” (A/HRC/22/33, para. 51) E Database functionalities should be designed to facilitate a gender-sensitive analysis, including, for instance, gender-specific categories and tagging options, to enable the user to extract sex- and age-disaggregated data, use keyword searching and highlight gender-related events, patterns and incidents. All members of investigation teams should be trained in the use of the database, including how to enter and extract information with a gender perspective. Where Gender Advisors support the team, coordination with them is critical, as they can facilitate the revision of cases and follow-up to specific incidents, as well as the analysis, advising the other members of the team when gender-related concerns emerge, as these may not arise in the initial analysis and/or if the methodology has to be adapted to obtain the relevant information. ORGANIZING INFORMATION Investigation teams should keep records of their interviews and other documents and information in a database that allows for and helps the categorization of cases and searches, including by type of violation, such as gender-specific violation, as well as by sex and age. Databases that allow accounting for the gendered nature of violations under investigation improve the ability to undertake gender analysis and to do so efficiently. This is particularly important in the case of CoIs/FFMs, considering the usually 35