Preventing Torture An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions - Updated Edition • Including gender equality considerations in reports and recommendations on torture:87 the report should integrate gender throughout, including information on how gender mainstreaming was undertaken, giving full weight to the experiences of women and LGBTI persons, addressing gender issues in the recommendations and using gendersensitive language and positive imaging. The following chapter includes specific considerations and approaches for interviewing women, and victims of trauma and sexual violence. KEY POINTS: CHAPTER 4 • Internal consistency of a testimony is an important element that can support allegations of torture. Other corroborating information should also be sought. • Medical documentation, as well physical or psychological signs of torture, can provide further evidence of torture. • Formally recording the evidence gathered is crucial. • NHRIs should integrate a gender perspective in each stage of the investigation process. FURTHER READING Undertaking Effective Investigations: A Guide for National Human Rights Institutions; Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions; updated 2018 Integrating a gender perspective into human rights investigations: Guidance and practice; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; 2018 The Torture Reporting Handbook, Camille Giffard and Polona Tepina, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex; second edition 2015 Manual on Human Rights Monitoring; OHCHR; revised 2011 87 62 See “Checklist to integrate gender in human rights reports/documents Checklist to integrate gender in human rights reports/documents” in OHCHR, Manual on Human Rights Monitoring (2011), Chapter 15: Integrating Gender into Human Rights Monitoring, p. 16.