Detention Monitoring Briefing N°2: The Selection of Persons to Interview in the Context of Preventive Detention Monitoring

Author

Association for the Prevention of Torture

Publisher

Association for the Prevention of Torture

Place of Publication

Geneva, Switzerland

Year of Publication

2009

Language

English

The second volume in the Detection Monitoring Briefing Series, this short text advises organizations that visit or plan to visit places of detention to prevent torture and ill-treatment. It suggests various options and discusses issues related to conducting representative interviews of people in detention. Not intended as a blueprint, this guide may best be used as part of an overall monitoring strategy or in the development of interviewing strategies prior to conducting a specific visit.
Training of Professional Groups
TP: Human rights monitors
Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from torture, Human rights-based approach, Monitoring & measuring human rights, Torture

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