The Draft Murad Code of June 2020
This initial Draft Murad Code (“Draft Global Code of Conduct for Investigating and Documenting Conflict-Related Sexual Violence”) was released in June 2020 and is the outcome of an intensive process of inter-disciplinary research and preliminary discussions (“soundings”) with 166 practitioners, survivors and other stakeholders from across the globe. The version below formed the basis for wider and more localised consultations on the Code and its further development. See the Summary of Feedback and Full Collated Feedback received on the Draft Murad Code.
Guided by the feedback secured on the draft since 2020, the ‘working’ version of the Murad Code has been prepared and released in April 2022. See the “Challenge” and “Process” pages for more information about the the development of the Draft Code and the larger project.
The Draft Murad Code below must be read with the background paper of which it forms part.
Old/Draft Global Code of Conduct
for Investigating and Documenting
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
The objective of the Code of Conduct is to build and support a community of better practice which is safer, more ethical and more effective, and which supports compliance with international law. It is for those in direct contact with survivors (such as investigators, documenters, reporters, researchers, high-level delegations, celebrities, interpreters, intermediaries) and those who can influence the environment in which interactions with survivors take place (such as policy-makers, politicians, donors, organisational leaders, project designers and managers, and recipients of the work).
THE EIGHT Core Principles
By undertaking to uphold this Code of Conduct, we are committing to safe, ethical and effective practices to support the rights of survivors, and to building a community of practice which upholds and promotes the Code. We recognise that each of the Code’s Principles and Commitments are inter-dependent and inter-related, and apply in all contexts.