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A/71/755 12/15 17-00808 11. The Mechanism shall be equipped with the capacity necessary to preserve all forms of evidence and otherwise enter into an agreement with Member States to be given access to safe, secure and reputable entities that can assist in this regard, with all due guarantees of security and strict confidentiality and respect for the privileges and immunities of the United Nations. B. To prepare files in order to facilitate and expedite fair and independent criminal proceedings, in accordance with international law standards, in national, regional or international courts or tribunals that have or may in the future have jurisdiction over these crimes, in accordance with international law 1. Preparation of files 12. On the basis of the documentation and evidence of violations and abuses that it has collected, consolidated, preserved and analysed, the Mechanism shall prepare files focusing on the criminal conduct of the persons responsible. These shall include the persons most responsible for the crimes, without any distinction based on their affiliation or official capacity. The files shall include relevant information, documentation and evidence in the Mechanism’s possession, both inculpatory and exculpatory, pertaining to the imputable crimes and to the mode or modes of criminal liability recognized under international law, including command or superior responsibility. 2. Sharing information with courts and tribunals to facilitate and expedite fair and independent criminal proceedings 13. The Mechanism shall share information with national, regional or international courts or tribunals that have or may in the future have jurisdiction over these crimes, in accordance with international law, in order to facilitate and expedite fair and independent criminal proceedings, in accordance with international law standards. 14. The Mechanism shall share its information only with those jurisdictions that respect international human rights law and standards, including the right to a fair trial, and where the application of the death penalty would not apply for the offences under consideration. 15. The Mechanism may share information either at the request of national, regional or international courts or tribunals or on its own initiative. 16. The Mechanism shall adopt procedures and methods of work further regulating the sharing of information to facilitate and expedite fair and independent criminal proceedings, duly considering the requirements pertaining to the security of information. II. Standards and procedural requirements 17. The Mechanism shall adopt procedures, in accordance with international criminal law standards, to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse documentatio