Research on Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding

The Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) has conducted extensive research on monitoring, reporting, and fact-finding (MRF). HPCR's research and analysis on this domain include the following publications:

From Design to Implementation: The Interpretation of Fact-finding Mandates (April 2015)
From Isolation to Interoperability: The Interaction of Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding Missions and International Criminal Courts and Tribunals (December 2014)
Recommendations and Follow-Up Measures in Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-Finding Missions (August 2014)
Communication and Report Drafting in Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding Missions (July 2014)
Protection of Witnesses, Victims, and Staff in Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding Missions (February 2014)
Finding the Facts: Standards of Proof and Information Handling in Monitoring, Reporting and Fact-Finding Missions (February 2014)
The Design and Planning of Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding Missions (December 2013)
Selecting and Applying Legal Lenses in Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding Missions (October 2013)
Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding in Bahrain and Syria During the Arab Spring (January 2013)
On Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding Mechanisms (July 2012)
Building Effective Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding Mechanisms (April 2012)

Additionally, HPCR has produced various live web seminars on the topic:

Monitoring Humanitarian Crises in the Digital Age: Crisis Mapping, Crowdsourcing, and Satellite Imagery (December 2012)
Monitoring the Implementation of IHL: The Expanding Role of the Human Rights Council (November 2010)
The Challenges of Investigating Violations of IHL: From Fact-Finding to War (November 2009)

HPCR has also published theHPCR Digital Library of Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding— an on-line database that includes links to mandates and reports related to MRF missions implemented since the end of World War II.