Interviews with victims,
witnesses, insiders and other
primary sources
Open-source information:
social media, news,
video, websites
Other information: secondary
sources, satellite images,
expertise, suspect interviews, etc.
Populating
organization charts,
tables or actor maps
Analysis
Dossier opened when
a credible connection is made
between an individual
and a violation or crime
No reasonable
grounds to believe –
dossier closed
Analysis
Dossier regularly
updated until
investigation ends
Analysis
Reasonable grounds
to believe – dossier
preserved, archived
and/or shared
B. Dossiers once generated
1. Relationship between the dossiers and the report
For methodological and transparency purposes, investigative bodies should refer in
their report to the manner in which they approached individual identification. Where
individuals are identified, either confidentially or, in exceptional cases, in the public
version, the report should clearly indicate the standard of proof and how it was
employed. Where confidential dossiers are created, the report should state where
they will be kept and recommend under what circumstances they may be opened
or used. The report may also indicate where the remaining materials, both physical
and electronic, will be kept.171 If a dossier is later shared, a record must be kept of
the request, the response, and details of all information shared.
As noted (see supra, notes 118 and 121), the materials are handed over to the High Commissioner for
safekeeping until the point at which United Nations archiving rules apply. Recommendations in the public
report complement, but do not replace, a handover note to the High Commissioner which may include
more technical (or protection-sensitive) details that should not feature in the public report.
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