Last updated: 08 June 2018
guaranteed by human rights law to all persons. Second, while human rights abuses are not always explicitly
criminalized in domestic jurisdictions, ICCS has achieved a certain level of success in terms of integrating human
rights elements in the classification of crimes.
Third, irrespective of definitions provided by national legislation or practices, all events – whether ordinary crimes
or human rights violations – that meet the elements provided in the definitional framework will be counted for
statistical purposes.
2.b. Unit of measure (UNIT_MEASURE)
2.c. Classifications (CLASS_SYSTEM)
3. Data source type and data collection method (SRC_TYPE_COLL_METHOD)
3.a. Data sources (SOURCE_TYPE)
Data will be collected from global, regional and national mandated bodies, mechanisms and institutions
that generate and maintain administrative data whether in aggregated form or at micro-level:
• Global mechanisms
o OHCHR
▪ Data from OHCHR monitoring work
▪ Data from the work of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council
▪ Data from the Treaty Bodies reporting system
▪ Press Releases and Statements of the UN High Commissioner forHuman Rights
▪ Other reports and publications, such as the UN Secretary General’s Report on
Reprisals
▪ Other mandated reports and publications
o UNESCO
▪ Journalists Killings Condemned by the UNESCO Director General
▪ Other mandated reports and publications
o ILO
▪ Cases reviewed by the Committee on Freedom of Association
▪ Other mandated reports and publications