On September 16th 2024 the first Méndez Centre For Investigative Interviewing was launched in Oslo, Norway, at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR). The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), International department, based at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo, is dedicated to promoting human rights globally through education, research, and […]

We are looking for members with creative qualities! We know many of our members have these qualities, but what we are looking for is a logo for the Mendez centres. Two of these are opening next week in Norway and Ireland, respectively.  We know further ones are being planned in the future. We would like

On 10th and 11th September 28 members from ImpleMéndez attended a workshop that reviewed, refined and enhanced their projects. The proposals for these projects were submitted in June, and in July members of the Management Committee had reviewed them and, subject to the budget for Year 2 of our COST Action, supported them. The workshop was

Our Action member Telma Sousa Almeida from Portugal got support from Social Research Call 2024 from the The Social Observatory of “la Caixa” Foundation to the project ‘BEJUST: Breaking Barriers to Enhance Criminal Justice Interactions and Safeguards for ASD in Portugal’. The project is hosted by William James Center for Research, Ispa – Instituto Universitário

In summer 2024 our Action supported three of our members from ITC countries to present their research in scientific conferences. Laurena Kalaja from Albania (on the photo, left) participated in British Society of Criminology conference called ‘Criminology in Times of Transition’ in July 2024 in Strathclyde University, Glasgow, with the presentation ‘Reforming Solitary Confinement Policies:

Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling is calling papers for a special issue ‘Implementing the Méndez Principles: Cultural differences within effective interviewing and investigative practices’ guest edited by our members Paulo Barbosa Marques, Lennart May and Becky Milne. Read more about the call from here.

Edited by three of our members including our Action Chair, this new book embodies the very spirit of ImpleMendez in seeking opportunities to assist in their implementation, as well as reflecting the importance of networking that COST value so much. More information about the book can be found here along with a discount code.

Our first ever ImpleMéndez Training School took place in the beautiful city of Ljubljana, Slovenia, on July 2nd and 3rd 2024. 27 members of our growing international network gathered together, across disciplines and jurisdictions, under the theme of “Implementing the Méndez Principles in Suspect Interviews.” For this initial Training School priority was given to “young researchers” as

Between May 14th and 16th 2024 40 members of the ImpleMéndez project (COST Action 22128) met in the beautiful, historic University of Coimbra, Portugal, to work on our ongoing mission to support the implementation of the Méndez Principles on Effective Interviewing and Information-Gathering. We reflected on the achievements of the ImpleMéndez project in its first

We were delighted to officially launch our ImpleMendez project online on February 13th 2024 with a two-hour webinar attended by 90 members. We were particularly thrilled to be joined at our virtual launch by former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Professor Juan Méndez (on photo), who inspired the