The assessment is being conducted by Enodo Rights with the advice of an External Committee comprised of leading experts in mining, human rights, and sexual violence... Enodo Rights retains final discretion over the assessment’s structure and content. We have already exercised that discretion to modify the Terms of Reference in several important ways:

1. Assessment Scope: From the outset, the External Committee sought to ensure that the Guiding Principles would not be considered in a vacuum. The assessment therefore incorporates international law, including the right to remedy and principles of due process...

2. Assessment Timeline: We have substantially revised [and extended] the Assessment Timeline to accommodate our concerns and those of international stakeholders...

3. Onsite Assessment Methodology: In response to concerns...regarding the potential impact of power dynamics in Porgera on stakeholder engagement, we consulted with experts in sexual violence in Papua New Guinea...[and] retained a human rights lawyer from the Highlands with extensive experience...with...survivors of sexual violence to conduct survivor interviews...[The] onsite researcher is traveling to remote villages to interview survivors who may not have heard of, or were unable to access, the Remedy Framework.

Enodo Rights is committed to preparing an assessment that is independent, rigorous, and credible.