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The first "One UN" manual on criminal investigation, endorsed by three major United Nations organisations, is now published.
How can human rights arguments be used in local, Indonesian courts? A five days human rights litigation training for Indonesian lawyers was recently organized in Jakarta, as part of NCHR’s international work on Rule of Law
Together with the UNODC, and representatives of police and the prosecution from across Asia, NCHR contributed to a successful regional meeting resulting in a number of recommendations for effective implementation of investigative interviewing.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights adopted the resolution as a concrete measure to implement existing provisions for the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the right to a fair trial during its 73rd Ordinary Session.
Invited by the Office of the Attorney General of Thailand (OAG), NCHR together with the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) and Nitivajra Institute organised the first ever training for prosecutors to strengthen the judiciary's capacity to investigate criminal cases.
How to ensure efficient application of international human rights standards at the national level? The role of the judiciary is vital, and the Indonesian Supreme Court and NCHR are therefore strengthening the cooperation on continued capacity-building of Indonesian judges.
Developed in partnership with the UNODC, NCHR announces availability of the new Global eLearning course on investigative interviewing.
NCHR hosts joint lecture by Professors Ray Bull and Dave Walsh on the international implementation of investigative interviewing and the assessment of its effectiveness.
Together with the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and CTI (Convention against Torture Initiative) the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights co-hosted the Asia-Pacific "Regional Seminar the UN Convention against Torture: Building Robust Preventive Frameworks". The event took place in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, on April 20-22.
Together with the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) and Pakistani and Nigerian national police NCHR held two separate pilot testing events in Islamabad and Abuja last week.
The training was held electronically and attended by 29 Indonesian judges. It started on the 24th of November and went over three weeks, with two sessions per week. The training was organised by the NCHR in cooperation with LeIP (the Indonesian Institute for and Independent Judiciary) and the Indonesian Supreme Court.
NCHR met with partners, diplomats, leading experts and politicians during a recent trip to Vienna, Geneva, Düsseldorf and Berlin to promote and discuss ideas on the dissemination and implementation of the Méndez Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering.
After almost four years NCHR together with the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and the Anti-Torture Initiative (ATI) have the pleasure of unveiling the ‘Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering’, referred to as the ‘Mendez Principles’.
Two recent endorsements of the initiative to develop principles on effective interviewing underscore the demand for positive and practical guidance for the law enforcement and security sector.
NCHR co-organises virtual event on “Improving efficiency and quality of investigations: Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigative Authorities” as an ancillary meeting of the UNODC Crime Congress in Kyoto, Japan.
Ambassador Mona Juul states the importance of non-coercive, human rights-compliant intel-gathering during Security Council meeting on Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
Together with the Asia-Europe Foundation NCHR organised an online training on investigative interviewing during the months of September and October.
This side event during UNTOC-COP 10 will be on sharing good practices and advancing the development of international guidelines for interviews of suspects, victims and witnesses for the purposes of criminal investigations, including organized crime.
The main objective of the training programme is to build capacity of law enforcement, and members of the judiciary in ASEM Partner countries on the evidence-based and human rights-compliant Investigative Interviewing technique and its associated safeguards.
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) highlights Investigative Interviewing as a paradigm shift in its report on "Preventing police torture and other forms of ill-treatment – reflections on good practices and emerging approaches".