A/71/298
Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and
other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Summary
The Special Rapporteur elaborates on the legal, ethical, scientific and practical
arguments against the use of torture, other ill-treatment and coercive methods during
interviews of suspects, victims, witnesses and other persons in various investigative
contexts. He advocates the development of a universal protocol identifying a set of
standards for non-coercive interviewing methods and procedural safeguards that
ought, as a matter of law and policy, to be applied at a minimum to all interviews by
law enforcement officials, military and intelligence personnel and other bodies with
investigative mandates.
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