IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
30 Oct - 4 Nov 2022
Room 235, Level 2
Session information
Preventing coercive interrogations and forced confessions: the role of the legal profession
Tuesday 1 November (0930 - 1045)
Committee(s)
IBA's Human Rights Institute
(Lead)
Human Rights Law Committee
Description
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.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
Lady Helena Kennedy LT KC | International Bar Association, London, England |
Speakers
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 |