• (Where relevant) victims and witnesses of sexual and gender-based violence. • (Where relevant) with minors.59 Interpreters should be able to: • Provide interpretation during any interaction with members of the community, including during interviews. • Provide the right linguistic and cultural interpretations of key words, behaviors and expressions (associated for example with sexual and gender-based violence in a particular setting) without changing or influencing the information as provided by the victim or witness. • Work sensitively and professionally. • Work according to the ethical principle of do no harm. • Fully understand the concept of informed consent. • Abide by relevant codes of confidentiality. 60 Interpreters should: • Speak the same local variation or dialect as the interviewee. • Be comfortable working in the region and relevant security context. • Understand the local context yet be objective (as much as possible) with regard to the conflict and positions in it. • Have experience with and be sensitive to how communication may be affected by the violations that have taken place. • Be comfortable with the detailed subject matter of the violations at hand and their terminology, including words and euphemisms that those in the affected area use to describe violations (particularly relevant for sexual and gender-based violence). • Use only the words of the victim/witness and the interviewer. • Show empathy, be sensitive to the individual needs and capabilities of vulnerable people, be aware of the impact that their presence may have on a victim/witness, and be careful not to intimidate or 59 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict, 38 (2014). 60 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict, 38 (2014). 50