pressing issues concerning the exclusion of torture-tainted evidence and how different stakeholders can address them. This paper summarizes the outcome of the rich expert discussions occurred in the framework of this initiative. The first part contains an overview of the main challenges and relating international standards as well as the key findings and the possible next steps identified. The second part is a collection of all the expert contributions received in the framework of this activity. This initiative would not have been possible without the tremendous engagement and support by antitorture advocates across the OSCE region. Their inputs and contributions offer an in depth picture of a complex problem and call for actions to address such pressing issue. Strong exclusionary rules will not alone solve the problem of torture and ill-treatment, but can be powerful tools in the fight against torture, especially if embedded in broader reform efforts aiming at removing the incentives for coercive investigation techniques and the current efforts towards the implementation of the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering (Méndez Principles). 5