How we verify human-rights information
Our publication standard separates first reports, corroborated evidence, unresolved claims and editorial analysis.
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Reports, methods & legal research.
Longer publications explain how evidence is assessed, how rights standards are applied and where the public record remains incomplete.
Research note · 2026
The Centre’s verification framework
A practical account of source assessment, corroboration, uncertainty, harm review and transparent correction.
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Protecting sources, survivors and witnesses
Publication should never turn a person’s testimony into a new source of danger or loss of control.
Read publicationThe rights framework behind our reporting
How constitutional guarantees and regional and international standards inform accessible public-interest coverage.
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