Pilot version of the Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code (April 2025)

Developed by IICI and the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, the pilot version of the Open Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code translates the applicable principles and minimum standards of the Code into standards and practices for practitioners who search for or use online digital open-source information and may intentionally or unintentionally handle information related to systematic and conflict-related sexual violence (SCRSV) during online inquiries or investigations. The aim of the Guide is to help digital open-source investigators, researchers and other information-gatherers recognise and consider critical legal, ethical, human rights and practical issues related to open-source information – and take thoughtful, pre-emptive preparatory actions – in order to avoid harming survivors and others and to ensure that the open-source research work is effective. Practitioners are invited to share feedback on the pilot version by 30 June 2025, via the feedback form on the Murad Code project website.