7
IV.2
IV.3
Justice sector professionals
38
IV.2.1. Training
38
IV.2.2 Institutional disincentives
39
IV.2.3 Access to a lawyer
40
Practical barriers
40
IV.3.1 Protecting suspects
40
IV.3.2 Obtaining evidence of torture
40
IV.3.3 Delays and pre-trial detention
41
IV.3.4 Avoiding trials – guilty pleas
41
Chapter V: Tackling confessions-based criminal justice
44
V.1
Confessions and torture
44
V.2
Protections
44
V.2.1
Corroborating evidence
44
V.2.2
Heightened judicial scrutiny
45
V.2.3
Types of confession
45
V.2.4
Procedural safeguards during the investigation
48
V.3
Emerging international standards: a universal protocol for interviews
48
Chapter VI: Prosecutions and disciplinary sanctions stemming from revelations
about ‘torture evidence’
51
VI.1
The criminalisation of torture
51
VI.2
The obligation to investigate
51
VI.3
Inspection and disciplinary bodies
53
Chapter VII: Remedies and reparation for victims
55
VII.1
Specific forms of reparation for forced confessions
55
VII.2
Remedies and reparation for the underlying acts of torture
55
VII.2.1 Restitution
56
VII.2.2 Rehabilitation
56
VII.2.3 Compensation
56
VII.2.4 Satisfaction
56
VII.2.5 Guarantees of non-repetition
57
Conclusions and recommendations
59
Bibliography
61