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The IBA’s response to the situation in Ukraine
30 Oct - 4 Nov 2022
Room 235, Level 2
Tuesday 1 November (0930 - 1045)
IBA's Human Rights Institute
(Lead)
Human Rights Law Committee
HumanRightsConfession-driven criminal justice systems incur a higher risk of torture and coercion during investigations and other information gathering processes. The Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering, officially launched in June 2021, offer a solution-oriented approach to moving away from confession-based interrogations, towards rapport-based interviewing alongside the implementation of legal and procedural safeguards. What advances have been made in their implementation from legal, institutional, and practical perspectives? What challenges have been faced? And how can legal professionals best prevent coercive interrogation techniques, forced confessions and resulting miscarriages of justice? This session will explore these and related questions through insights and reflections from national, regional and international experts.
Baroness Helena Kennedy KC | IBA Human Rights Institute, London, England |
Lorena Bazay Dulanto | Laboratorio de Litigio Estructural, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico |
Alice Edwards | UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Geneva, Switzerland |
Shauneen Lambe | Impact - Law for Social Justice, London, England |
Alberto Mora | ABA (retired) and US Navy (retired), Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
Alka Pradhan | Military Commissions Defense Organization, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Co-Vice Chair , Human Rights Law Committee |