Special thanks to the EVSYS Design Team which has enormously contributed to the revision of the Events Standard Formats and the Micro-thesauri used in conjunction with them. The Evsys Design Team consists of:

Ricardo Cifuentes
Judith Dueck
Manuel Guzman
Romilly Gregory
Bjørn Stormorken
Special thanks to Aida Maria Noval, who with Judith Dueck compiled the HURIDOCS Supporting Documents, on which this work is based to a large extent. Aida Maria Noval continued to provide help to this work with comments and suggestions.

Others who contributed to this work are:

Stephen Hansen whose work on a thesaurus on economic, social and cultural rights provided inputs to some lists in this work

Kathleen Maltzahn and Catherine Clarin-De Jesus who reviewed the Events Standard Formats and Supporting Documents in the process of adapting them for documentation of violence against women, and thus contributed in enriching some lists in this work

The following individuals who had served and/or are currently serving as members of the HURIDOCS Continuation Committee provided direction and support:

Kofi Kumado, Chairperson (Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Ghana)
Kumar Rupesinghe, past Chairperson (Sri Lanka / Norway)
Agnethe Olesen, Treasurer (Danish Centre for Human Rights, Denmark)
James Lawson, past Treasurer (Human Rights Information Centre, Council of Europe, France)
Michael Protz-Schwarz, past Treasurer (Evangelical Youth Service, Germany)
Bjørn Stormorken, past Treasurer (Norway)
Hans Thoolen, past Treasurer (Orthodox Academy of Crete, Greece)
Supang Chantavanich (Asian Research Centre on Migration, Thailand)
Judith Dueck (Canada)
Manuel Guzman (Task Force Detainees of the Philippines, Philippines)
Aurora Javate De Dios (Coalition Against Trafficking in Women - Asia-Pacific, Philippines)
Jonathan Kuttab (Mandela Institute, Palestine)
Aída María Noval (Red de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos, Mexico)
Special thanks to the HURIDOCS Secretariat for various types of work that made this publication possible.

This document is published with the help of grants from the general programme donors of HURIDOCS:

Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
French Prime Minister's Office
Human Rights Desk, Diakonisches Werk of the Evangelical Church in Germany
Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency