Technical Competency
Responsible Use of Information
Professional Development:
As an individual or as part of continuing professional development of personnel, there are some resources which can be valuable in supporting the development and capacity building around this Murad Code Technical Competency.
IICI (Murad Code Project), “Open Source Practitioners Guide to the Murad Code (2025), available at https://www.muradcode.com/open-source-practitioners-guide
Human Rights Centre, University of Berkeley, “Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations: A Practical Guide on the Effective Use of Digital Open Source Information in Investigating Violations of International Criminal, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law” (2022), available at https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2024-01/OHCHR_BerkeleyProtocol.pdf
Dart Centre Europe, “Reporting on Sexual Violence in Conflict Guidelines” (2021), available at https://www.coveringcrsv.org/
Rutgers University, Journalism Initiative on Gender Peace and Security (JIG), “Silence and Omissions: A Media Guide for Covering Gender-Based Violence”, Chapter 4 Reporting on sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings, and Chapter 8 Training, Ethics, and Glossary Resources (2020), available at https://gbvjournalism.org/book/table-of-contents
Synergy for Justice, “CARSV Stigma in Justice Toolkit” (2023), Guide to Non-Stigmatising Language, available at https://toolkit.synergyforjustice.org/home
Possibility Seeds, “Use the Right Words: Media Reporting on Sexual Violence in Canada” (2023), available at https://possibilityseeds.ca/use-the-right-words/
UNESCO, “Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Media: Framework of Indicators to Gauge Gender Sensitivity in Media Operations and Content” (2012), available at https://www.media-diversity.org/additional-files/Gender-Sensitive_Indicators_for_Media_EN.pdf
Tiny Hand, “Children First: Guide to Representing or Reporting on Children in Conflict” (2024), available at https://tinyhand.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Children-First.pdf