• Depending on the situation, identify whether it is better to remain more discreet or out in the open. • Build and use all channels that can alert you to security threats, including those of other organizations. • If you are a foreigner, identify where your country’s embassy is located, get in touch with them to know of your presence in the country, and study the routes to travel there in haste. • Establish and maintain, when possible, a good relationship with local, state, and/or federal law enforcement and emergency service providers as well as political officials. • Work with people that can be trusted. • Educate family and friends about risk-prevention. • Be fit, alert, and stay sober. • When possible, travel with at least one companion, and avoid secluded places. • Identify and practice different routes by which you can drive between the office and home. • Go underground if in danger,228 or seek refuge at a police station, embassy or other safe location. To summarize the guidelines provided on managing information, see the table below: Recommendations/Activities Verify information Organize information in a consistent manner Practical Suggestions • Assess the reliability of the source; • Corroborate the information with information collected from independent sources; • Check the information against the factual background. • Apply identical standards of management; • Use case sheets and cataloguing; • Store documents according to a 228 One may for instance establish safe places where to go in case of danger. In addition, one can also establish “security nets” of different persons who will help you during such periods. See Amnesty International and CODESRIA, Ukweli. Monitoring and Documenting Human Rights Violations in Africa: A Handbook, 60 (2000), available at https://www.amnesty.nl/sites/default/files/public/ukw_eng.pdf. 136