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The participants also represented police officers from the Department of Special Investigations, the Royal Thai Police, and the courts.
Encouraging opening remarks were delivered by Mr. Chumphon Phansamrit, Deputy Attorney General of Thailand, Dr. Pises Saardyen, Director of the Thailand Institute of Justice, Ms.Thea Ottoman, Minister Counselor, The Royal Norwegian Embassy, and M.L Supakit Charoonroj, Secretary General of the Nitivajra Institute.
The reliability of interview evidence
The participants received introductions to human memory, investigative decision making and the construction of evidence, and the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering by UiO guest researcher and police superintendent, Dr. Ivar Fahsing. They further engaged in lively discussions regarding risks of coercion and ill-treatment in police custody, errors of justice, and how to gather and assess the accuracy and reliability of information derived from human sources.
In his closing remarks, M.L. Supakit Charoonroj, Secretary-General of Nitivajra Institute expressed high hopes for the future of criminal justice in Thailand and encouraged the audience to practice and disseminate what they had learnt during the workshop.