Principles on Effective Interviewing

United Nations General Assembly Third Committee - Resolution on Torture, A/RES/77/209

"Takes note with appreciation of the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering (the Méndez Principles), and encourages States to use them as appropriate through the implementation of national measures, including non-coercive interviewing methods and procedural safeguards, thereby operationalizing the presumption of innocence, ensuring that no person is subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment during questioning, as well as improving effective policing, criminal justice investigations, prosecutions, convictions and other forms of information-gathering processes", para. 16.

United Nations General Assembly Third Committee - Resolution on Administration of Justice A/RES/77/219

"Emphasizes the importance of States’ keeping under systematic review rules, instructions, methods and practices on interviewing, as well as arrangements for the custody and treatment of persons subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment under their jurisdiction, including by taking into account, as appropriate, the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering (the Méndez Principles)", para. 14.

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights - Resolution ACHPR/Res.545 (LXXIII)

"Welcomes the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering - also known as the "Méndez Principles”. Encourages State Parties to the African Charter to support the use of the six Méndez Principles as a useful framework for preventing torture and other ill-treatment during hearings and interviews."