- Express public support to the Méndez 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.
UN and International Organisations
Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos - México
UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
Professional associations & affiliated institutions
International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI)
Interamerican Association of Public Defenders (AIDEF)
Law enforcement
Norwegian Police University College (PHS)
NPMs/NHRIs
National Committee for the Prevention of Torture (Argentina)
Local Committee for the Prevention of Torture (Chaco, Argentina)
Local Preventive Mechanism of the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
National Preventive Mechanism of Uruguay
National Human Rights Institution and Ombudsperson of Uruguay
National Guarantor for the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty (Italy)
Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia
National Preventive Mechanism of Chile
Togo National Human Rights Commission
The Human Rights Defender of Armenia
Commission on Human Rights of The Philippines
National Committee for the Prevention of Torture (Honduras)
National Preventive Mechanism (Costa Rica)
Commissioner for Human Rights (Poland)
Human Rights Commission of the State of Mexico
National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture (Paraguay)
Ombudsman of the People of Panama
National Preventive Mechanism of Panama
Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro
Legal & judicial actors
Public Defender's Office of Argentina
Academia
University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security (Slovenia)
NGOs
Open Society Justice Initiative
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)
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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