The Micro-Thesauri are a unique and valuable collection of documents developed by HURIDOCS or adapted from various sources. The Micro-thesauri are intended for use in conjunction with the HURIDOCS Standard Formats manuals, and in particular with the HURIDOCS events standard formats: a tool for documenting human rights violations. Also organisations engaged in other types of documentation may want to use and adapt some of the Micro-thesauri.
The contents of the Micro-thesauri are based on new developments, earlier work by HURIDOCS, input from members of the HURIDOCS network, and work by other organisations including the United Nations, the International Labour Organisation, the International Organisation for Standardisation, the International Refugee Documentation Network and the Minority Rights Group. Many of the Micro-thesauri, however, have evolved from the use of grassroots NGOs.

For further information about the purpose and structure of the Micro-thesauri, read the Introduction.


CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Introduction

Micro-thesaurus 1. HURIDOCS INDEX TERMS
Micro-thesaurus 2. VIOLATIONS TYPOLOGY
Micro-thesaurus 3. RIGHTS TYPOLOGY
Micro-thesaurus 4. TYPES OF ACTS
Micro-thesaurus 5. METHODS OF VIOLENCE
Micro-thesaurus 6. INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
Micro-thesaurus 7. COUNTING UNITS
Micro-thesaurus 8. CIVIL STATUS
Micro-thesaurus 9. EDUCATION
Micro-thesaurus 10. OCCUPATIONS (ILO CATEGORIES)
Micro-thesaurus 11. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTORS
Micro-thesaurus 12. RELIGIONS
Micro-thesaurus 13. ETHNIC GROUPS
Micro-thesaurus 14. LANGUAGES
Micro-thesaurus 15. GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS
Micro-thesaurus 16. TYPES OF SOURCE MATERIAL
Micro-thesaurus 17. TYPES OF LOCATIONS
Micro-thesaurus 18. DEGREES OF INVOLVEMENT
Micro-thesaurus 19. SOURCE CONNECTION TO INFORMATION
Micro-thesaurus 20. TYPES OF INTERVENTION
Micro-thesaurus 21. TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS
Micro-thesaurus 22. TYPES OF CHAIN OF EVENTS
Micro-thesaurus 23. RELEVANT CHARACTERISTICS
Micro-thesaurus 24. TYPES OF PERPETRATORS
Micro-thesaurus 25. STATUS AS VICTIM
Micro-thesaurus 26. STATUS AS PERPETRATOR
Micro-thesaurus 27. TYPES OF RESPONSES
Micro-thesaurus 28. ATTRIBUTION
Micro-thesaurus 29. TYPES OF DETENTION
Micro-thesaurus 30. WHEREABOUTS AND OUTSIDE CONTACT DURING DETENTION
Micro-thesaurus 31. LEGAL COUNSEL
Micro-thesaurus 32. TYPES OF COURTS
Micro-thesaurus 33. TYPES OF LANGUAGE USED IN COURT
Micro-thesaurus 34. AUTOPSY RESULTS
Micro-thesaurus 35. DEATH CERTIFICATE
Micro-thesaurus 36. STATEMENTS SIGNED
Micro-thesaurus 37. MEDICAL ATTENTION
Micro-thesaurus 38. INTENT
Micro-thesaurus 39. SEX
Micro-thesaurus 40. TYPES OF ADDRESSES
Micro-thesaurus 41. VIOLATIONS STATUS
Micro-thesaurus 42. RELIABILITY
Micro-thesaurus 43. MONITORING STATUS
Micro-thesaurus 44. IMPACT ON THE SITUATION
Micro-thesaurus 45. INTERVENTION STATUS
Micro-thesaurus 46. PRIORITY
Micro-thesaurus 47. COMPENSATION
Micro-thesaurus 48. TYPES OF DATES

LOCAL MICRO-THESAURI
Micro-thesaurus 61. LOCAL INDEX
Micro-thesaurus 62. NATIONAL LEGISLATION
Micro-thesaurus 63. LOCAL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
Micro-thesaurus 64. LOCAL TERMS FOR OCCUPATIONS
Micro-thesaurus 65. ORIGINS
Micro-thesaurus 66. LOCAL LANGUAGES
Micro-thesaurus 67. SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Micro-thesaurus 68. OTHER THESAURUS
Micro-thesaurus 69. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS


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