Module 7 – Report Writing

Report Writing

Reporting is an essential element of the human rights monitoring cycle. Although reports can take many forms and follow different approaches, there are several basic principles that you should apply while writing a report to make it more structured, clear and concise.

Report writing is not an art, that is an important thing you must know. Learn about the do’s and don’t s of report writing. Keep it crisp, factual and well-structured to maximize impact.

Estimated time: 40m

• Video lecture

  Report writing

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• 1 Quiz

  Take the quiz and test your knowledge!

  1. Writing the final report is the final stage of a human rights monitoring exercise:

  A. True

  B. False

  Correct! Wrong!

  The first part in a good report consists of:

  A. The compilation of gathered and analyzed facts,

  B. The methodology

  C. Executive Summary

  Correct! Wrong!

  3. A good set of recommendations is:

  A. Rather general looking at the big picture and should be well arguments and convincing,

  B. They should focus on the change that we want to achieve as human rights defenders

  C. They should be rather focused on details and more concise, they should enable the interlocutor to take action,

  Correct! Wrong!

  4. A well written report should be connecting with the reader at an emotional level, it should use language that emphasizes the suffering of victims.

  A. True

  B. False

  Correct! Wrong!