Fact-finding

Fact-finding is the job of a person or group of persons in a judicial or administrative proceeding that has or have the responsibility of determining the facts relevant to decide a controversy. The term trier of fact generally denotes the same function. The process is an extremely important part of the communication process. Fact-finding was first established during the Hague Convention of 1907, which dealt with international commissions of inquiry. On 9 December 1991, the General Assembly of the United Nations approved the Declaration on Fact-finding by the United Nations in the Field of the Maintenance of International Peace and Security. The resolution emphasized