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2. Prompt, independent and effective investigations .......................................................... 46
3. Adequate resources, capacity and competence ............................................................ 47
4. Protection measures ................................................................................................ 47
5. Rights of victims in the context of investigations .......................................................... 47
6. Independent commission of inquiry ........................................................................... 48
7. Medical expert’s report ............................................................................................ 48

C. Procedures involved in an investigation of torture or ill-treatment ................................. 49
1. Determination of the appropriate investigative body ..................................................... 49
2. Planning and preparing an investigation .................................................................... 50
3. Conducting an investigation ..................................................................................... 50

D. Commissions of inquiry ............................................................................................. 59
1. Defining the scope of the inquiry ............................................................................... 59
2. Power of the commission ......................................................................................... 59
3. Membership criteria ................................................................................................ 59
4. Commission’s staff .................................................................................................. 60
5. Protection of witnesses ............................................................................................ 60
6. Proceedings ........................................................................................................... 60
7. Notice of inquiry .................................................................................................... 60
8. Receipt of evidence ................................................................................................. 60
9. Rights of parties ..................................................................................................... 60
10. Evaluation of evidence ............................................................................................. 61
11. Report of the commission ........................................................................................ 61

E. Role of prosecutors, judges, national human rights institutions and other actors in the
investigation of torture .............................................................................................. 61
1. Prosecutors ........................................................................................................... 62
2. Judges ................................................................................................................... 62
3. National human rights institutions and national preventive mechanisms .......................... 64
4. Other actors .......................................................................................................... 64

F. Use of evidence of torture or ill-treatment in other legal procedures ............................ 64

IV. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR INTERVIEWS ................................................... 67

A. Preliminary considerations ......................................................................................... 68
1. Purpose of inquiry, examination and documentation .................................................... 68
2. Essential conditions and interview skills ..................................................................... 69
3. Disclosure of sexual torture or ill-treatment ............................................................... 70
4. Risk of retraumatization of the interviewee ................................................................. 70
5. Gender, sexual orientation and gender identity ............................................................ 71
6. Interviewing children ............................................................................................... 72
7. Cultural, religious and social/political awareness .......................................................... 73
8. Use of interpreters ................................................................................................... 74
9. Emotional reactions and their potential effects ............................................................. 74

B. Conducting interviews ............................................................................................... 75
1. Clinical qualifications ............................................................................................. 75
2. Integration of physical and psychological evaluations ................................................... 76
3. Interview settings .................................................................................................... 76
4. Procedural safeguards with respect to detainees ........................................................... 77

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