In general terms, most of the technicians (at a local and regional level) are not in favor of changes, as they already have established responsibilities and work protocols.
As is so often the case with corporate scandals, establishing responsibility proves a slippery task.
Human Rights Watch has described the trial as "an important stage" in efforts to establish responsibility for the use of children in military operations.
Valérie Murat wanted to pursue the legal action to establish responsibility for her father's death, spurring on France's first ever criminal investigation of its kind into the homicide involontaire (manslaughter) of a vineyard worker.
It has been difficult to establish responsibility for the school collapses partly because it is unclear in many cases which level of government is responsible for the original school construction and for ongoing inspections.
The trial, under way since November, was the first court proceeding brought by Russian prosecutors to establish responsibility for the wave of apartment bombings that terrorized many Russians and inflamed public opinion against the Chechen rebellion.
The investigation into the deaths of 156 people and the disappearance of 25 more during the tsunami seeks to establish responsibility for the confusing and contradictory chain of decisions made by government officials and emergency agencies shortly after the earthquake.
Recognizing the complex roots of the conflict, the agreement also called for establishing responsibility for the crimes committed and for constitutional, electoral and security-sector reforms, so that the cycle of violence would not be repeated.
The report, by Stephen Heder, a Cambodia scholar, and Brian D. Tittemore, a legal expert, was written out of frustration -- concerned that without a tribunal there would never be a legal document establishing responsibility for the Cambodian killings, said Diane Orentlicher of American University, who led the project.
The cases show how hard it is to establish responsibility for atrocious crimes, 70 years after they took place.
But David Owen, author of the book Air Accident Investigation, says, "Even if fragments of a missile were retrieved, it would not be enough to establish responsibility because both sides have access to this kind of equipment".
