This document applies to all forms of inquiry about sexual violence in emergencies. In total, eight recommendations are offered for addressing the complex safety and ethical issues associated with researching, monitoring and documenting sexual violence in emergencies. This document is not intended to be an all-inclusive or stand-aloneguidance document for information gathering about sexual violence in emergencies. Rather, it is designed to complement and add to existing professional standards, guidelines and other practice and oversight tools and guides governing research and documentation more broadly in these settings, which include (but are not limited to institutional research protocols and policies; protocols and practices for providing direct services to survivors; locally established procedures for obtaining consent, documenting sexual violence incidents, and referring to others for assistance and services; standards and policies for human rights investigations; organizational policies for staff recruitment, hiring, training and supervision and Internationally agreed standards for research involving human

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Guidelines

Violence against women //Gender-based violence // Sexual Violence// Sexual violence in emergencies // Intimate partner violence//Domestic violence// Sexual exploitation//Sexual violence in conflict//Further violence//Mental health// Forced marriage//obligatory inspections for virginity// Reproductive health// Female genital mutilation// Child sexual abuse// Survivor// Human rights// Rights of women and girls //Nongovernmental organization// Sexual harassment //