You are welcome to join the online webinar titled “Language barriers and rapport in investigative interviewing: Cross-linguistic and cross-cultural aspects” on February 24th 2026 at noon CET. Dr Maria Gomez-Bedoya (Associate Professor in Spanish and Applied Linguistics at the University of East Anglia / University of Alcalá) examines in this webinar effective communication strategies in […]

You are welcome to join the online webinar titled “Introduction to Linguistic Strategies and the Mendez Principles” on February 11st 2026 at 10AM CET. In this webinar, Professor Georgina Heydon, former President of the International Association of Forensic and Legal Linguistics, will share her top tips for interviewers based on over 20 years of research

Our Action member Prof. Dobrinka Chankova published a paper titled “Does Implementing Mendez Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering Serve Victims of Crime?” published in GATR Journal of Management and Marketing Review. Congratulations!

In 2026 our Action organizes two training schools. First is ORBIT training school. This takes place in Dundee, Scotland on 10/11th June 2026 – you must be available for both days to attend. Below is the link to the document to complete and dispatch – the deadline is 16th December. Apply for a place in ORBIT

Our Action member Denis Solodov from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, was invited to take part in an interview on the state television channel TVP3 Olsztyn, broadcast in the programme Punkt Widzenia. During the interview, Denis discussed recent developments in improving interviewing practices in Poland, with particular reference to the Mendez

Read more about the webinar from here.  

Romanian Society of Victimology (RSV) invites you to their virtual free of charge national conference on November 29th 2025. Join us in and be a part of this year’s theme “Highlights on Victimology, Victimization and Victims”. The deadline for submitting the title, name, affiliation is November 20th; read more about submitting your presentation and the

On September 10th 2025 we held an ImpleMéndez Workshop during the Vulnerable Accused in the Criminal Justice System conference at Cardiff University in the UK. The conference was organized by Dr Roxanna Dehaghani (Cardiff, UK), Dr Samantha Fairclough (Birmingham, UK), and Professor Harriet Pierpoint (South Wales, UK) and funded by Cardiff Centre for Law and Society,