Nettsider med emneord «Rule of Law»

NCHR cooperates with, among others, UNODC, DPO/UNPOL, and OHCHR to enhance investigative interviewing for more effective and ethical criminal investigations. These partnerships aim to improve interviewing practices for victims, witnesses and suspects of crime to ensure more efficient and thorough investigations worldwide.

NCHR becomes secretariat for drafting a manual providing advice for UN police peacekeepers on advanced methods of investigative interviewing. 

Together with the Asia-Europe Foundation NCHR organised an online training on investigative interviewing during the months of September and October. 

Thailand Department of Special Investigations (DSI) is conducting a one week training in interviewing and psychology with a view to develop academy level training courses.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The first "One UN" manual on criminal investigation, endorsed by three major United Nations organisations, is now published. 

«True-crime» sjangeren har rettet offentlighetens søkelys mot feilaktige domfellelser og andre justisfeil som følge av bruken av manipulerende avhørsteknikker. «Etterforskningsintervju» (investigative interviewing) er en metode for politiavhør uten manipulasjon, utilbørlig press -  vold eller trusler om vold.

Samarbeidet mellom norsk politi og SMR om universelle retningslinjer for politiavhør i regi av FN konkretiserte seg da arbeidet med å skrive retningslinjene startet 26. september i Genève.

10 desember er det FNs menneskerettighetsdag. På denne dagen i 1948 ble FNs verdenserklæring om menneskerettighetene vedtatt. For bare få dager siden kom nyheten om at dobbelt så mange nordmenn er positive til dødsstraff sammenliknet med for 14 år siden.

Last week NCHR co-hosted the side event "Progress on the Development of the Universal Protocol on Investigative Interviewing and Associated Safeguards" at the UN in New York. The event was moderated by Assistant Secretary General (ASG) for human rights, Andrew Gilmour, and brought together UN agencies, civil society and member state representatives.

I 1989 ble danske Erik Solbakke Hansen dømt til tvungent psykisk helsevern for å ha drept 38 mennesker. I en 200 siders lang rapport levert på oppdrag fra dansk TV 2 konkluderer avhørsekspert og gjesteforsker ved SMR, Dr. Asbjørn Rachlew at Solbakke kan være uskyldig dømt.

Vi arbeider for å bygge kunnskap om menneskerettigheter hos sentrale aktører i rettskjeden, som dommere og påtalemyndigheter samt politi. Nasjonale eksperter som universitetslærere og NGO-aktivister er viktige støttespillere i dette arbeidet.

Ms. Ingebjørg Hansen from the Oslo Police shared Norwegian experiences with non-coercive Interviewing during a high-level panel at the UN Headquarters in New York.

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.