Technical Competency

 Safe Communications and Interviewing

Professional Development:

As an individual or as part of continuing professional development of personnel, there are some resources which can be valuable in supporting the development and capacity building around this Murad Code Technical Competency.

• Washington University in St Louis, “Gender Based Violence Disclosure Toolkit” (2022), available at https://sites.wustl.edu/centerforhumanrights/items/gbv-disclosure-toolkit/

• UK Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI), “International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict” (2nd Ed.) (‘IP2’), Chapter 11, 15 (trauma), 16 (children), available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-protocol-on-the-documentation-and-investigation-of-sexual-violence-in-conflict

• IICI, Country Supplements to IP2 for Iraq, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka (2018), available at https://iici.global/publications-and-resources/ (Iraq Supplement available in English and Arabic; Myanmar, in English and Burmese; and Sri Lanka, in English, Sinhala and Tamil)

• IICI, “Training Materials on the IP2” (2015), Module 7 - Interviewing, available at https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F5a7f8bcbed915d74e622b1ef%2FPSVI_training_-_interviewing.pptx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK

• IICI, Investigative Interview Skills course, in-person trainings, more information at  https://iici.global/courses/investigative-interview-skills-course/

• IICI, “IICI Guidelines of Remote Interviewing” (2021), available at https://iici.global/wpd/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IICI-Remote-Interview-Guidelines.pdf

• Justice and Equity Centre (formerly PAIC), “ Restricted access interviews: a guide to interviewing witnesses in remote human rights investigations” (2021), available at https://jec.org.au/publication/restricted-access-interviews-a-guide-to-interviewing-witnesses-in-remote-human-rights-investigations/

• Synergy for Justice, Syria Country Supplement to IP2 (2024), available at https://synergyforjustice.org/syria-supplement (in English and Arabic)

• National Association of Certified Child Forensic Interviewers (NACCFI), online forensic interview training course, available https://www.naccfi.com/online_training.php (at cost)

• NCJTC training courses:

  • “CST Forensic Interview Training (FIT) Virtual: FIT: Preparing for the CST Forensic Interview”, available at https://ncjtc.fvtc.edu/trainings/TR00010880/TRI2821341/fit-preparing-for-the-cst-forensic-interview (no fee)

  • “FIT: Dynamics of CST Victim Interviews (Parts 1 & 2)”, available in-person at cost  https://ncjtc.fvtc.edu/trainings/TR00010879/TRI2821340/fit-dynamics-of-cst-victim-interviews-parts-1-2

• NCAC, “Forensic Interviewing of Children Training / Advanced Forensic Interviewing” (in-person at cost), more information at https://www.nationalcac.org/forensic-interviewing-training-model/

• EVAWI, “Domestic and Sexual Violence: Trauma Informed Victim Contact and Interviewing” (online, at cost) available at  https://evawintl.org/courses/domestic-and-sexual-violence-trauma-informed-victim-contact-and-interviewing/

• Susanna Johansson, Kari Stefansen, Elisiv Bakketeig and Anna Kaldal, “Collaborating Against Child Abuse: Exploring the Nordic Barnahaus Model” (2017), Springer Nature, open access book available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321501731_Collaborating_Against_Child_Abuse_Exploring_the_Nordic_Barnahus_Model

• David La Rooy et al, “The NICHD protocol: a review of an internationally-used evidence based tool for training child forensic interviewers” (2015), Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, available at https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/6a29d99c-6114-4c6f-8776-0079c9a8bea3/content

• Mireille Cyr, “Conducting Interviews with Child Victims of Abuse and Witnesses of Crime: A Practical Guide” (2022), Routledge, available (at cost) at https://www.routledge.com/Conducting-Interviews-with-Child-Victims-of-Abuse-and-Witnesses-of-Crime/Cyr/p/book/9781032208039

• Michael Lamb et al, “Tell Me What Happened: Questioning Children About Abuse” (2018) (2nd Ed.), Wiley Blackwell, available (at cost) at https://www.amazon.com/Tell-What-Happened-Questioning-Psychology-ebook/dp/B07FK1K8WD

• Palo Alto University, “Introduction to Developmentally Appropriate Interviewing using the Revised NICHD Protocol” (at cost, in person) more information available at https://concept.paloaltou.edu/course/Introduction-to-Developmentally-Appropriate-Interviewing-using-the-Revised-NICHD-Protocol

• Maria Keller-Hamela, Nobody’s Children Foundation, “The Child Interview. Practice Guidelines” (2023), UNHCR, available at https://www.unhcr.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/Maria-Keller-Hamela-The-Child-Interview-Practice-Guidelines.pdf

• UNICEF, “Reporting Guidelines” (on children and young people for media) (2019), available at https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/pdf/unicef_guidelines_for_interviewing_children.pdf

• IICI, Guidelines on the investigation of international crimes and grave human-rights abuses against and affecting children, forthcoming at https://iici.global/publications-and-resources/

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