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iii) a close-up of the detail including a ruler or some sort of scale. Pic. 2. Example of close-up and mid-range distance photos Pic. 3. Example of close-up of the detail, including a ruler • Close-up photographs of the second and third category are to be taken with the back of the camera parallel to the detail of which a picture is being taken. • The detail is to completely fill the field of view. • A ruler is usually included in the final close-up photograph in order to determine the size of the detail. Professional rulers include a circle, which will show as slightly oval if the photograph is not taken at parallel angles. 76

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PILPG Handbook on Civil Society Documentation of Serious Human Rights Violations Sept 2016

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Perpetrator-centred documentation

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Description: Increasingly, civil society actors engage in documentation and investigation processes, seeking to collect evidence against those responsible for serious human rights violations. The purpose of this Handbook is to provide guidelines and best practices for the collection and management of information on serious human rights situations for those that are not professionally trained in such documentation practices. While the Handbook strongly emphasizes the need to refrain from investigating human rights abuses and to refer to professionals, practice shows that this is not always possible. Only under such circumstances and as a last resort may civil society actors consider engaging in certain documentation practices and not in others, always seeking to include professionals when and where possible. They may however only do so by adhering to the ethical principles and documentation guidelines that are provided in this Handbook. These enable unofficial investigators to do no harm, identify security risks, preserve crime scenes, prevent the loss of evidence, and manage the information in manner that preserves confidentiality, security and probative value, with an eye to possible use in later redress processes and without jeopardizing the future work of professionally trained and officially appointed investigators.

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