- Express public support to the Méndez Principles
- Disseminate and raise awareness about the Principles
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Support to the Méndez Principles
The Principles on Effective Interviewing aim to modify police practices by replacing coercive interrogations with rapport-based interviews.
The Méndez Principles support investigators, safeguard those interviewed and promote justice. They assist practitioners and law enforcement agents, and many institutions have already expressed their support to the Principles.
Supporters
Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos - México
Prison Reform International (PRI)
University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and security (Slovenia)
Interamerican Association of Public Defenders (AIDEF)
National Preventive Mechanism of Uruguay
Public Defender's Office of Argentina
UN Sub Committee on Prevention of Torture
OSCE ODIHR
Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia
Open Society Justice Initiative
Redress
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)
International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI)
The SPT welcomed the adoption of these principles, noting that they provide guidance for police and others on obtaining accurate and reliable information in full respect of the human rights of the person being interviewed, including through the implementation of legal and procedural safeguards in the first hours of police custody.
UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, 30 November 2021
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