The eLearning is the result of collaboration between TIJ, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), UNODC, and a wide range of practitioners and experts who contributed to its development, review, and localization. Designed for investigators, prosecutors, and other criminal justice actors, the course promotes ethical, effective, and research-based interviewing approaches and supports their integration into national training systems.
Institutional Ownership
The launch event brought together over 100 in-person participants from partner institutions, with additional attendees joining online. Following presentations on the purpose, structure, and expected impact of the eLearning, participants engaged in a practical workshop to test the modules and explore pathways for implementation. About half of the participants successfully completed all three modules and received certification on the same day. Feedback was highly positive, with several institutions, including the Department of Special Investigation and the Police Training Center, expressing commitment to promote and integrate the eLearning into their training programmes.
The event also demonstrated strong institutional ownership and partnership. TIJ’s support for the meeting and the active engagement of its staff and partners reflected a shared commitment to advancing professional, ethical investigative interviewing practices.
In her online opening remarks, Susanne Flølo (NCHR) highlighted the broader significance of the initiative, noting that “today’s event represents more than the launch of a learning tool. It is a milestone in a long-term, collective effort to strengthen criminal justice systems through knowledge, practice, and partnership.” She also emphasised the importance of science-based approaches, underlining that non-coercive, information-gathering interviewing methods are both more humane and more reliable in producing accurate outcomes.
The event also welcomed opening remarks from Delphine Schantz, UNODC Regional Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Ellen Margarethe Hjelseth, Counsellor, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Mr Chart Chaidejsuriya, Inspector General, Office of the Attorney General and Dr Phiset Sa-ardyen, Executive Director of the Thailand Institute of Justice. In addition to key note presentations from Ms. Sirinpath Ketsuwan, Deputy Director of Bureau of Development and Support, Department of Special Investigation and Dr. Ivar Fashing, ret. Detective Chief Superintendent, Norwegian Police University College.
Growing Momentum for Investigative Interviewing
With growing momentum and institutional support, the Thai-language eLearning programme is set to play an important role in strengthening investigative capacity and promoting fair, effective, and human rights-compliant criminal justice processes in Thailand and beyond.
Access the eLearning and other educational tools on investigative interviewing on our resource page.
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