ABSTRACT
On October 6, 1992, the Security Council adopted Resolution 780, establishing a Commission of Experts to investigate and collect evidence on "grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and other violations of international humanitarian law" in the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. The documentarian entered source information about each document into a separate documentarian's database. Data analysts were able to access the documentarian's database during the entry of data into the war crimes database so that source information recorded there would be consistent and accurate. Several quality control measures ensured the consistency and accuracy of the database. Once all information relating to a given incident had been entered into the system, the data analyst generated, printed, and edited an "incident report." The inadequacy of most government reports was particularly disappointing since these materials were intended to be the Commission's primary source of information.
