With the launch of the “Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering,” Just Security has published a series of articles outlining the origins and the scientific, legal, and ethical underpinnings of the guidelines. The expert-led initiative was developed in response to U.N. Special Rapporteur Juan E. Méndez’s 2016 appeal for “a universal protocol aiming to ensure that no person is subjected to torture, ill-treatment or coercion, including any forms of violence, duress or threat” in investigations and information gathering. The guidelines are also known as the “Méndez Principles” in honor of Méndez, who was co-chair of the Steering Committee with Mark Thomson.
- Rebecca Shaeffer, The Méndez Principles: The Case for US Legislation on Law Enforcement Interviews (June 29, 2021)
- Nils Melzer and Steven J. Barela, The Méndez Principles: Beware Crossing the Line to Psychological Torture (June 25, 2021)
- Pavle Kilibarda and Gloria Gaggioli, The Méndez Principles: A Focus on the Exclusionary Rule (June 22, 2021)
- Steven J. Barela, The Méndez Principles: Sharpening the View on Interrogation and Utilitarianism (June 17, 2021)
- Laure Brimbal, Steven Kleinman, Simon Oleszkiewicz and Christian Meissner, The Méndez Principles: Building Rapport and Trust in Interrogations to Elicit Reliable Information (June 15, 2021)
- Susan Brandon and Mark Fallon, The Méndez Principles: The Need to Update the Army Field Manual on Interrogation for the 21st Century (June 11, 2021)
- Ray Bull, Asbjørn Rachlew and Mary Schollum, The Méndez Principles: Emergence and Global Expansion of Non-Coercive Interviewing (June 8, 2021)
- Shane O’Mara, The Méndez Principles: Science Shows Interrogation is Too Serious for Amateurs (June 3, 2021)
- Juan E. Méndez and Vanessa Drummond, The Méndez Principles: A New Standard for Effective Interviewing by Police and Others, While Respecting Human Rights (June 1, 2021)
- Steven J. Barela and Mark Fallon, The Méndez Principles: Leadership to Transform Interrogation via Science, Law, and Ethics (June 1, 2021)
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