Guidelines on International Human Rights Fact-Finding Visits and Reports ("Lund-London Guidelines")

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Guidelines on International Human Rights Fact-Finding Visits and Reports (The Lund-London Guidelines).” Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (2009).

[Abstract]

“These guidelines have been developed by the International Bar Association and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute following wide consultation and extensive analysis of human rights fact-finding reports in order to contribute to good practice in the conduct of fact-finding visits and in the compilation of reports. Fact finding and report writing are essential to human rights monitoring. Although primarily intended for the use of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the present guidelines can provide direction to all those engaged in this exercise with a view to improving accuracy, objectivity, transparency and
credibility in human rights fact finding. The independence and integrity of NGOs must be respected, but fact-finding missions must nevertheless be, and be seen to be, conducted in a bona fide manner. Reports must be clearly objective and properly sourced, and the conclusions in them reached in a transparent manner.”