8.1.5 Other Requirements

Standard office equipment specifications are part of any appropriation plan.

In addition, while specific requirements will of course vary, basic additional requirements that may be particular for a NHRI might include: specialised equipment for investigators (digital cameras, audio recorders, secure storage, dedicated photocopying and scanning capacity etc.) to record and securely store physical evidence and witness testimony. Similarly, education and promotion staff will need specialised equipment to conduct seminars and workshops such as screens, flip charts, facilitation boxes, microphones, and projectors or portable white boards. Corporate requirements also tend to be relatively standard: in addition to basic IT and communications, a typical needs assessment will identify and address requirements related to the need to ensure confidentiality for stored personnel and financial information and documents such as secure filing cabinets, etc.

In some countries, a generator is critical to provide power where there are electricity outages or other interruptions of power supply. Off-grid solutions such as solar energy collectors and other sources of energy can easily be planned at the outset during a design phase and represent sustainable solutions for the NHRI in the longer term.