Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code

Summary

The Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code translates the minimum standards of the Murad Code into standards and practices for practitioners who search for or use online digital open-source information and may intentionally or unintentionally handle information related to systematic and conflict-related sexual violence (SCRSV) during online inquiries or investigations. Developed by Human Rights Center and the Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI) in partnership with leading experts, practitioners, and survivors of SCRSV, the resource provides actionable guidance for investigators, human rights researchers, journalists, analysts and civil society organizations that work with online open-source material. The aim of the Guide is to help practitioners recognise and consider critical legal, ethical, human rights and practical issues related to open-source information – and take thoughtful, pre-emptive preparatory actions – in order to avoid harming survivors and others and ensure that the open-source research work is effective. The survivor’s perspective resource can also be found here.