VERIFIED CASE The term “verified case” refers to a reported case that contains a minimum set of relevant information on a person, which have been reviewed by mandated bodies, mechanisms, and institutions and provided them with reasonable grounds to believe that that person was a victim of human rights violations or abuses. There is a human rights violation or abuse where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the case concerns (a) an action or omission attributable to the State under international law that (b) constitutes a breach of an international human rights obligation of the State. The term “attributable” means that an act or omission has been performed by a State actor or by other actors acting with the State’s permission, support or acquiescence, or where there is failure of due diligence with respect to that act or omission; “reasonable grounds” means that the factual elements of the incident have been corroborated or supported by information that would satisfy an objective observer that such an incident has occurred; and “international human rights obligations” refer to State obligations under ratified human rights treaties and other relevant sources of international law. 22