CEPOL is looking an expert or experts to a training course “Interviewing techniques in migrant smuggling cases” that will take place at Institute for Judiciary Police and Criminal Sciences (Barro, Loures, Portugal) from 26th to 30th October, 2026. Participants are Police Officers who investigate migrant smuggling cases, Officials from immigration services, and second-line Border Guards with a […]
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On May 11 2026 our Action members Prof. Dr. Özlem YENERER ÇAKMUT and Asst. Prof. Zeynep REVA organised in Özyeğin University (İstanbul, Türkiye) a symposium titled “Five Years of the Méndez Principles: From Vision to Practice” where participants first was welcomed by videorecorded keynote speech from Prof. Juan E . Méndez followed by presentations from
The expert meeting “Safeguarding Against Ill-Treatment in Interrogation: Aligning Disciplines for Effective and Fair Interviewing,” held in Geneva on 23–24 April 2026, gathered specialists from across Europe and the United States to examine how to strengthen non-coercive interviewing in practice. Organised within the ImpleMéndez COST Action in cooperation with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian
Our Action member Prof. Lore Mergaerts (KU Leuven) developed guidelines for assessing vulnerability during criminal investigations, police interviews and criminal proceedings. The authors would like to acknowledge networking supported by the COST Action (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) CA22128 ImpleMéndez.
We wish to celebrate every woman that makes up our network. We asked the Women of ImpleMéndez to share their experiences – read the collection of testimonies. Happy International Women’s Day!
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The Centre for Forensic Interviewing (CoFI) is inviting you to online conference titled “Joint Operations: Transforming Investigative Interviewing Through Integrated Technologies” on March 26th from 11AM to 5PM GMT. Register to the conference here.
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Download Charter of Rights of Victims and Survivors of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment from here and read also Alice Jill Edwards’s (Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment) report.
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The application window for 2026 for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) is now open and closes on February 16th. Applications for conferences grants is open until February 27th. This call is only open to members for COST members countries and Near Neighbour Countries. Read the relevant emails from the Action Chair for more specific instructions on
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Our Ukrainian Action members created a paper titled “Interrogation & investigative interviewing:how much is the approach changing?” (authored by JustGroup members Vasylyna Yavorska, Anna Petrovska, Viktoriia Rohalska). Read the full text from here.
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