Nettsider med emneord «Rule of Law»

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

Developed in partnership with the UNODC, NCHR announces availability of the new Global eLearning course on 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

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.

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. 

BLOG POST: Since January 2019, British and Norwegian experts have supported an anti-torture program led by Restart in Lebanon. The project entails training representatives from the Lebanese police, investigative judges and security forces in how to conduct interviews and think like investigators.

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.

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’.

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.

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 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 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.

In cooperation with Indonesian Institute for Independent Judiciary (LeiP) NCHR has organised a workshop in preparation of an upcoming training programme for 1600 new Judges in Indonesia.

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. 

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.

Etter rekordmange nominasjoner ble det i dag annonsert at Politiforums ærespris 2017 tildeles politioverbetjent og SMR-gjesteforsker Dr. Asbjørn Rachlew "for sin innsats for å endre etterforskningen i norsk politi, gjennom hvordan politiet utfører og verdsetter avhøret." 

«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.

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.

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.

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. 

For the sixth time, FRR Law Office and Bareskrim Polri in cooperation with the University Police College of Norway and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights organised a training course in Investigative interviewing in Indonesia.

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.

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

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.