8.3.2 FORMATS TO COVER WHAT HAPPENED: ACT 2154 National Legislation Definition: An indication of which national legislation is relevant to the case or the event. Guidelines: Include national law, provincial or state law, municipal law, military regulations, state of siege decrees, martial law, etc. Organisations are encouraged to develop a list of relevant local legislation. Guidelines for coding can be found in Chapter 5. The Events Micro-thesauri. For a sample list of terms for national legislation see Micro-thesaurus 62: National Legislation. Indicate which national procedures have been invoked either in defence of or against a victim in similar circumstances in the past. Indicate if prescribed legal procedures were followed. Make reference to time limits and powers of authorities. This is a repeatable field and allows clarifying notes. Entry: Local code. Examples: Republic Act 1700 provides for the punishment of the crime rebellion Entry: RA 1700 (code for Republic Act 1700) : punishment of crime rebellion 2155 International Instruments Definition: An indication of which international instruments are applicable to this act. Guidelines: This is a quite complex field and should only be used by those organisations to whom it is particularly important and who have expertise in the field of international law. Use the codes as defined in Micro-thesaurus 06: International Instruments. Include article and paragraph in the clarifying notes. Human Rights: a Compilation of International Instruments and other 15 compilations may be helpful. This is a repeatable field. 15 United Nations Centre for Human Rights (ed.). Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments. New York: United Nations, 1994. Other materials which might be of use include: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and United Nations Library. Human Rights on CD-ROM 1999: Bibliographical References to United Nations Documents and Publications. Geneva: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and United Nations Library, 1999 Brownlie, Ian (ed.). Basic Documents on Human Rights. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Newman, Frank, and David Weissbrodt (ed.). International Human Rights: Law, Policy and Process. 2nd ed. Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing Company, 1996. Ravindran, D.J. Human Rights Praxis: A Resource Book for Study, Action and Reflection. Bangkok: Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development - Forum-Asia, 1994. 113