The purpose of this list is to select whether the victim signed a statement, and if he or she did so voluntarily or under coercion.

This list has been developed by HURIDOCS. It is based on a list included in the HURIDOCS Standard Formats: A Tool for Documenting Human Rights Violations (1). The original codes from this list are included in the column 1st ed. Code.

This is a short list with one level, as described in Rule No. 1 in the Introduction.

This Micro-thesaurus is used for field 3311 Statement Signed in the Additional Details: Torture format.

CODE
 TERM
 1ST ED. CODE
 
01
 Forced to sign 01
02 Not requested or forced to sign anything 02
03 Requested to sign but refused 03
04 Signed a statement voluntarily with full understanding 04
05 Signed a statement voluntarily but without understanding it 05

99 Unknown  

(1) Dueck, Judith, et al. HURIDOCS Standard Formats: A Tool for Documenting Human Rights Violations. Oslo: HURIDOCS, 1993. 191-192.