• That OHCHR, as custodian, release the information to requesting entities that meet certain conditions, or who are deemed to be using it for specific purposes.119 Updated Principles to combat impunity “The terms of reference of commissions of inquiry should highlight the importance of preserving the commission’s archives. At the outset of their work, commissions should clarify the conditions that will govern access to their documents, including conditions aimed at preventing disclosure of confidential information while facilitating public access to their archives.” Updated Set of Principles for the protection and promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity, United Nations doc. E/CN.4/2005/102/ Add.1, recommended by Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/81, 21 April 2005. Any recommendation should recall the custodian’s obligation to respect the consent choices made by the sources of the information and to ensure that proper security assessments are undertaken prior to any release of information.120 Once OHCHR sends the materials for archiving, the information will be declassified and thus available to the public, although only according to United Nations rules.121 Thus, materials labelled “confidential” will be automatically declassified after 20 years, while those labelled “strictly confidential” will be reviewed on an item-by-item basis for possible declassification after the same period.122 This is why sensitive investigation materials such as interview notes, dossiers and any other materials that could reveal sources or alleged perpetrators should always be labelled “strictly confidential”. While such recommendations could also be transmitted via a covering memo, when materials are transferred to the custodian at the end of the mandate, including them in the report serves the interests of transparency and securing them for posterity. 120 See OHCHR Manual on Human Rights Monitoring, chapter 14, “Protection of Victims, Witnesses and other Cooperating Persons”. The custodian is to respect the sensitivity classifications attached to such materials as well as the “informed consent” that was recorded during interviews. See Secretary-General’s bulletin on information sensitivity, classification and handling (ST/SGB/2007/6), para. 1.2 (a) and (g). 121 Ibid. para. 4.3. See also Secretary-General’s bulletins on record-keeping and the management of United Nations archives (ST/SGB/2007/5). 122 Ibid. 119 HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM THE INFORMATION 75