Working groups2

WG1. Investigation, Interviewing, Interrogation Themes

WG1 lead Lennart May

WG2. Law, Human Rights and Criminal Justice

WG2 lead Anželika Baneviciene

WG3. Vulnerability

WG3 lead Lore Mergaerts

WG4. Institutional and Governmental Leadership

WG4 lead Vasylyna Yavorska

All WG members can be found here. Express your interest to join any of the working groups by clicking here. The criteria for joining the Action are below.

Young Academics – those actively researching in the area of law enforcement interviewing, or on one or more of the legal and procedural safeguards listed in the Mendez Principles. 

 Senior Academics – those who have published at least two articles in well-regarded national or international journals (or one book with a well-regarded publisher) in the area of law enforcement interviewing, or on one or more of the legal and procedural safeguards listed in the Mendez Principles. 

Practitioners – those working as police officers, prosecutors, lawyers, judges, interpreters, or other related professional roles with direct experience of law enforcement interviewing and/or the legal and procedural safeguards that attach thereto. 

Policymakers – those with responsibility for policy-making either in governmental or practitioner agencies, in contexts relating specifically to law enforcement interviewing and/or related legal and procedural safeguards.  


NGOs – those representing NGOs who have a particular focus on or interest in law enforcement interviewing and/or related legal and procedural safeguards.