Define the recipient’s reliance
Set the proposed operational use, potential human and organisational consequences and Required Confidence.
HCIIF IN PRACTICE · INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Trusted by the sender.
Suitable for the recipient?
An assessment shared for planning is proposed for a different and more consequential operational use.
The information
challenge.
The information has crossed a border. Its intended use has also changed.
The original assessment supported regional planning. The recipient now wants to use it for an immediate operational decision. A shortened briefing has lost source limitations and sharing conditions.
Country-specific requirements, human-rights considerations and bilateral or multilateral agreements also form part of the reliance context.
Restore source and sharing context
Trace the derived briefing to its source and assess Rights, Caveats and Transfer Suitability separately from confidence.
Assess confidence for the changed use
Compare Current Confidence with the new requirement, preserving protected evidence, limitations and unverified assumptions.
Keep conditions with the information
Carry purpose, country context, human-rights considerations, agreements, restrictions and Recall arrangements across the boundary.
ILLUSTRATIVE INFORMATION INTEGRITY PASSPORT
What confidence is justified?
- Confidence basis
- Supports planning within the original period and scope; source coverage remains incomplete.
- Required confidence
- Current, specific evidence is needed before relying on it for an immediate operational decision.
- Rights and conditions
- Relevant authorities confirm permitted use, recipients, onward sharing and country-specific requirements.
- Accountability
- The recipient assesses its reliance and retains responsibility for its decision.
- Review triggers
- A changed purpose, new information, altered country context, expiry, correction, restriction or withdrawal by the originating authority.
HCIIF outcome
The recipient can distinguish source confidence from suitability and permission for the new use, while retaining responsibility for its own reliance decision.
HCIIF makes the confidence basis and relevant conditions visible. It does not replace legal, human-rights or formal authorisation processes.