ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
• Guide to Interviewing Survivors of Sexual and Gender-based Violence. WITNESS. https://library.witness.org/
product/guide-to-interviewing-survivors-of-sexual-and-gender-based-violence/
• Conducting Interviews. WITNESS. https://library.witness.org/product/conducting-interviews-2/
• Concealing Identity in Interviews. WITNESS. https://library.witness.org/product/concealing-identity/
Resources on Conducting Comprehensive Interviews
International best practices dictate that all investigative interviews for public and private purposes should be based
on the PEACE Model developed by British police authorities in 1994 and since adopted by organizations around
the globe. You can learn more about it online; here are a few sources to get you started:
• “The Handbook of Human Rights Investigation” by Dermot Groome. Chapter 7 provides an overview
of how to conduct both preliminary and comprehensive interviews. Available online through various
booksellers.
• “Documenting Human Rights Violations: A Handbook for Untrained First Respondents.” Public
International Law & Policy Group. Forthcoming. http://publicinternationallawandpolicygroup.org/
• “A Handbook on Assisting International Criminal Investigations.” Folke Bernadotte Academy. http://
www.mediafire.com/view/h8dk2hknoa7begr/ICL_FOLKE_Handbook_Assisting_Intl_Criminal_
Investigations.pdf
• “International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict,” Part II.
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office. http://www.mediafire.com/view/2ixoeq82jrbekml/PSVI_protocol_
Documentation_of_SGBV.pdf
Organizations That Offer Professional Trainings
• The Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI). http://www.iici.info/
• International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG). http://www.iiirg.org/training/
Other
• “Making Secondary Trauma a Primary Issue: A Study of Eyewitness Media and Vicarious Trauma on the
Digital Frontline.” Eyewitness Media Hub. http://eyewitnessmediahub.com/research/vicarious-trauma
• Activists’ Guide to Archiving Video. WITNESS. http://archiveguide.witness.org/
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