ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Special thanks to the following who have enormously contributed to the revision of the Events Standard Formats:  Ricardo Cifuentes, who programmed the original formats into Evsys, and is currently programming these revised formats into WinEvsys.  The Evsys Design Team that as a group has been supervising the design and testing of EVSYS and WinEvsys. Their work on Evsys and WinEvsys has introduced substantive ideas to the revision work. Particular thanks are due to Romilly Gregory and Bjørn Stormorken who provided conceptual, practical, technical and strategic guidance at various stages of the process. The Evsys Design Team consists of:  Ricardo Cifuentes  Judith Dueck  Manuel Guzman  Romilly Gregory  Bjørn Stormorken Nejib Ghali and Bert Verstappen of the HURIDOCS Secretariat also participated in some meetings of the design team. Special thanks also to:  Agneta Pallinder for editing work and making valuable suggestions  Aída María Noval for providing substantial comments on the final draft These Revised Events Standard Formats are based on the formats developed by the HURIDOCS Task Force on Events which completed its work in 1993 with the publication of the HURIDOCS Standard Formats: A Tool for Documenting Human Rights Violations. 1 This Task Force consisted of the following members: Judith Dueck (Task Force Leader) Hubert Chavéz Ricardo Cifuentes Julio Daniel Frontalini Manuel Guzman Janek Kuczkiewicz Elizabeth Feltoe Manfred Nowak Agneta Pallinder Mary Robinson Carlos Saldarriaga 1 Dueck, Judith, et al. HURIDOCS Standard Formats: A Tool for Documenting Human Rights Violations. Oslo: HURIDOCS, 1993. vi