The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), and the Ukrainian NGO JustGroup have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to support the long-term development of investigative interviewing within NABU.
Representatives from the NCHR visited Lviv and King Danylo University in Ivano-Frankivsk to support ongoing justice reform efforts and strengthen partnerships with the university sector.
Eko Riyadi has been a long-term partner of NCHR. He recently completed his doctoral degree at the University of Indonesia. His thesis pengujian proporsionalitas (testing proportionality) examined how the Constitutional Court applies the concepts of human rights limitation and derogation, and their methodology for balancing one right against another.
Investigators, prosecutors, and academics from Ukraine met in Budapest to strengthen their competence in investigative interviewing of suspects, with a particular emphasis on Russian prisoners of war. Participants received structured feedback on their interviewing practice, guided by trainers from the Norwegian Police University College and Kripos.
For the past five years, a small team of researchers and police instructors across Brazil have been trying to get law enforcement to listen more, and the results, they said, have surprised even them.
This summer, Bodø became a testbed for the future of police interviewing: 45 participants from 14 countries gathered to share practical knowledge and experiences. The event focused on implementing human rights-based investigative interviewing methodology — a promising step forward for the field, though one that still leaves plenty of room for improvement globally.
The NCHR, together with partner organization JustGroup and the universities National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and King Danylo University, has been awarded funding for the project “Building Capacity for Human Rights-Based Criminal Justice Education in Ukraine.” The project is funded by The Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir) through the Nansen EDU programme.
In April 2026, the NCHR carried out a five‑day working visit to Kyiv as part of its long‑standing cooperation with JustGroup on strengthening investigative interviewing and investigation standards. Supported by the Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine, the visit demonstrated tangible progress within Ukraine’s criminal justice system.
On March 5, 2026, the NCHR in collaboration with the Norwegian Delegation to the Council of Europe, organized a seminar at the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg focusing on the importance of implementing investigative interviewing in member states. Ukraine’s great efforts to implement investigative interviewing and strengthen its criminal justice system was particularly highlighted. The seminar was followed by a live demonstration of an AI forensic head camera (JodaPro), developed by the Norwegian police team behind the AI4Interviews innovation project.
