The purpose of this list is to select the type of institution to which an individual alleged perpetrator is affiliated, or which type of institution as a whole is considered to be the perpetrator.

This list has been developed by HURIDOCS. It is based on a list included in the previous edition of the HURIDOCS Standard Formats (1). The original codes from this list are included in the column 1st ed. Code.

This is a hierarchical list with three levels, as described in Rule No. 3 in the Introduction.

This Micro-thesaurus is used for field 2412 Type of Perpetrator in the Involvement format.

CODE
 TERM
 1ST ED. CODE
 
01
 Governmental entities 00
01 01 Executive 31
01 01 01 National-level officials  
01 01 02 Local government officials  
01 01 03 Armed forces 10
01 01 04 Police 31.1
01 01 05 Prison officials 50
01 01 06 Intelligence agency; secret service 60
01 02 Legislative 32
01 03 Judiciary 40

02 Non-governmental forces  
02 01 Pro-government forces  
02 01 01 Paramilitary forces  
02 01 02 Vigilante groups; death squads 22.11
02 02 Opposition forces  
02 02 01 Guerrilla armies 22.22
02 03 Warlords, private armies  
02 04 Private security guards  
02 05 Civilian crowd or mob 70
02 90 Other non-governmental forces involved in conflicts  

03 Occupying forces  

11 Private individuals/groups in a position of relative power  
11 01 Private individuals/groups in a position of relative power in the family/domestic sphere  
11 01 01 Spouses  
11 02 Private individuals/groups in a position of relative power in the community  
11 03 Private individuals/groups in a position of relative power in the workplace  
11 03 01 Employers  
11 03 02 Supervisors  
11 04 Private individuals/groups in a position of relative power in the school  
11 04 01 School administrators  
11 04 02 Teachers  
11 05 Professionals performing activities in abuse of their profession  

21 Commercial establishments  
21 01 Corporations  
21 01 01 Local or national corporations  
21 01 02 Transnational corporations 73
21 02 Landowners, ranchers 71

31 International financial institutions  

90 Others  

99 Unknown  

(1) Dueck, Judith, et al. HURIDOCS Standard Formats: A Tool for Documenting Human Rights Violations. Oslo: HURIDOCS, 1993. 109-110.