Table of contents

A- Reasons for Inspection

The people for whom this reported is intended (UN, IAEA, Members of Parliament, lawyers, press etc) are unlikely to be familiar with Citizen Inspections. Explanation of such a term is necessary for the report to reach its goals.
B - General details of inspection.

Information concerning the site for inspection and the organization(s) who participate in the inspection.
C - Inspection Preparations

Report of the correspondence done between the Citizen Inspectors and the personnel at the site for inspection, before inspection takes place.
D - Inspection

A detailed account of the inspection.
E - Summarised report

If done in conformity to the template, the report would contain a considerable ammount of pages.
A summary of the report is necessary for the media, members of parliament and other interested parties.
Appendix

The appendix will include a pool of raw data, gathered before and during the inspection.

A- Reasons for Inspection

This section will give an explanation of WHY should citizen inspections take place (international law, Nuremburg principles, local laws, etc...)? WHAT is a citizen inspection? WHO is supporting citizen inspections (amongst others... people who have signed the declaration)?
Since Part A gives general information on the meaning of citizen inspection could be common in all reports.
There are several types of WMDs or weapons that go against international law. Nuclear Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Biological Weapons are examples. Depending on the site for inspection, for instance a chemical weapons storage facility or a nuclear weapon production plant, the international laws and treaties that ban it will be quoted. In the case of such examples text from The Chemical Weapons Convention and the NPT would be appropriate.

B - General Details Of Inspection.

I. Site for Inspection Details

Date and time of the inspection

Place of the inspection (Country, City, Area, Name of site)

Type of site for inspection (Military base, laboratories, test site, WMD transport facilities)

"Owner" of the building that was inspected (e.g. Dutch Airforce Base at Volkel - Netherlands)

A brief history of site (When did it become operational, current purposes of the site, official and unofficial purposes of the site. Include also information of how the site contributed in any war or military aggression, especially if it is a military base, a history of civil disobedience or direct action at the base)

Alleged evidence of WMDs. Give detailed evidence why you decided to inspect the base. (Are there reports of witnessing transport or production or WMDs. Did anyone in 'power' brag about the countries arm capabilities at that site?)

Reference to pictures and maps of the base. (Label all the buildings in the site, their uses (alleged once also).

II. Inspector(s) Details

Name and Nationality of organization(s)

Organization statute and a brief history

Number of members per organization

Name and nationality of members of each organization that participated in the inspection.

C- Inspection Preparations

Were personnel at the site of inspection contacted before the inspection? (Asked for permission to search the base.) Make a reference to the appendix of what letters/emails/faxes that were send to the site for inspection and comment on the site personnel's reaction.
Even tough the 2nd point of the Citizen Inspection Mandate specifically says "Unrestricted freedom of entry and exit without delay or hindrance or personnel, property, supplies, equipment, spare parts and other items as well as means of transport, including expeditious issuance of entry and exit visas". It would be fruitful to ask permission for an entry beforehand because one might be allowed to have a tour at the base. If someone gets a tour to the base, a lot of questions could be asked in a diplomatic way and would inflict a lot of damage on the reputation of the site.
This section could also include the details of any nonviolence and/or safety guidelines, and training, that the inspectors have followed- either in the past or for the action.

D- Inspection

Give exact details of how the data was collected and the meaning of the data (for instance if you have a picture of an aircraft hanger, you should specify the uses of the hanger).

The following sections give a rough guide to some of the data that might be relevant.

I. Before entering the site

Were there police officers at the base when you arrived? How many? Reinforcements? How did they treat you?

While walking around the site, specify the buildings you saw and activity around them. Include photographs and suspected use of the buildings.

Conversations with onsite personnel are vital. Record any conversation concerning entry into the site and relation of site to WMDs. Also write a report on the responses given by the personnel when told their site is alleged of breaking international law.

II. Attempt to enter the site

Did you ask the personnel at the site to give you permission to inspect the site? Their response. Remember the appendix. Make reference to the full conversation as written in the appendix.

Explain what else happened if the entrance was not granted, for example some groups block the entrance to prevent access to a crime scene, others attempt to enter the base.

II. Entering the site

Did you enter? How? Trespassing? Opened a gate? Given permission to enter?

What happened once inspectors got in? If necessary divide the inspectors into groups. For instance one got in and got immediately arrested, while another managed to go around.

For those who managed not to get arrested immediately give a very detailed account of what they saw, documents recovered from the site, etc.

III. Obstruction faced by inspectors

Were any inspectors arrested?

How long did the arrest last?

How where you treated?

Questions and answer given by the police while arrested, (remember full details of conversation in appendix). Responses given by police when questioned about international law should be documented.

What were the legal consequences (court cases, fines, prison sentences)

IV. Disarmament

As specified in the mandate, Citizen Inspectors are allowed to disarm any weapon that breaks international law. In the case that disarmament took place remember to mention :

What was disarmed?

What international treaties did the weaponry or machinery break?

E- Summarised Report

Recapitulate by mentioning again what a Citizens inspection is, skipping out exact details and quotations from Nuremburg principles, International Court of Justice Rulings, local law, ecc..

Make a list of all the evidence found that the inspected site was in breach of international law. Specify why it was breaching international law. For instance equipment used in production of WMDs is also considered illegal.

Since the report is detailed and would be send amongst others to government officials and UN, it would not be finished within hours of the inspection. Thus the media could have already given an account of what happened. Make references to what the media broadcasted.

Appendix

Amongst other relevant data, it will include:

A copy of letters, faxes and emails send to and received from the personnel at the site for inspection. Such negotiations refer to the demand made to inspect the site and official declarations that the site will be inspected. (Even though as specified in the mandate, as Citizen Inspectors we have the privilege to inspect a site with prior notice, sometimes organisers choose to declare their intention to inspect a base.)

Interviews held between citizen inspectors and the site personnel during the inspection. For instance, the responses given by military personnel or police when asked to reveal any information concerning the production, stock-piling or testing of WMDs in connection to the site for inspection.

A copy of documents retrieved from the site while the inspection was carried out.

Photographs and maps of the site and it's buildings, transport facilities, machinery, chemical storage, etc.

Reading of instruments, testing for pollution. Geiger-Muller tube radioactive counts, results from soil tests, etc…

Press coverage. More credibility is given to the action, when good press coverage is given. Press coverage that promotes the goals of the inspection should be included, preferably copied into the report with reference. In the case of television of radio coverage, give the date, time and press organization, (in some countries, broadcast material may be available from the public archives of the broadcasting authority).

Citizens inspection mandate

authorisation document

An "engagement declaration" or nonviolence and safety guidelines for the action.

Results of questionnaires

Declarations made to police by inspectors who were arrested

Throughout the report reference is made to the appendix. For instance, while having a full word by word description of what was said when Citizen Inspectors asked permission for entry in the appendix, a single line could be written in the report and a reference made to the appendix.

A number of citizen inspectors could decide beforehand and would commit themselves to collect data during the citizen inspection. After the inspection, the same people would meet and create a pool of data, that would have been collected during the inspection. The pool of data - appendix - would be used in compiling the report.

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