This chapter is divided in three parts. The first part discusses
the concept of a reporting system: what it is, how it functions, its
effectiveness, and what it requires in terms of human and financial resources
within the framework of international organizations other than the ICRC.
The second part evaluates the characteristics that influence the
success or failure of a reporting system. The third part puts forward a possible
reporting system, on national measures of implementation of international
humanitarian law which already have to be taken in