NCHR together with JustGroup had the privilege of hosting an advanced training programme on vulnerable interviewees for Ukrainian police, prosecutors and lecturers in Warsaw, Poland.
Norwegian Centre for Human Rights proudly hosted the launch of NCHR as the first Méndez Centre for Investigative Interviewing on September 16, 2024, at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo (UiO).
An intensive training and certificate programme on effective interviewing for investigations and information gathering, organized by the Nitivajra Institute at the Office of the Attorney General of Thailand marks new cooperation.
Together with partners in Thailand, the NCHR led a side-event during the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice focusing on lessons learned at country-level implementation of the investigative interview methodology. Important insights were also shared by partners in Brazil and Ghana.
Opened by Suriname's Minister of Justice & Police, Kenneth Amoksi, a three-day training in Investigative interviewing was organized by the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI) in collaboration with the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) and CogJus, Brazil.
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) conducted a specialized workshop for investigation staff together with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), focusing on enhancing their skills in conducting ethical and effective investigations and interviews.
Participants from law enforcement, prosecution, and inspector services from the Vest-Balkans, Moldova and Ukraine developed strategies for more human rights compliant and evidence-based interviewing practices during a regional workshop hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) together with NCHR.
How can international human rights law be applied at the domestic level?
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
As part of preparations for the forthcoming audit of Indonesia’s administrative courts, representatives from Indonesia’s Audit Board and Supreme Court visited Oslo recently to learn from the Norwegian context.
The validation ceremony of the UN manual on Investigative Interviewing on 1 November 2023 marked a significant milestone in the ongoing work to establish an international norm on human rights compliant policing and criminal investigations.
The Indonesian National Police Commission recommends nationwide implementation of investigative interviewing and designated interview rooms
In a roundtable held in Beirut on 5 October 2023, Lebanon witnessed a historic meeting of religious courts, legal experts, and civil society representatives in the Lebanese Parliament. Lebanese Religious Courts discussed challenges and gaps for inclusion of human rights in personal status law cases. The event was initiated through a collaborative project between the Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace (LFPCP) and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR).
A group of selected judges from across Indonesia attended human rights training at the NCHR at the end of February. Cold days in Oslo were filled with intensive lectures and discussions, to ensure a continued strengthening of human rights standards within Indonesia's judiciary.
