The Forensic Examination Team Potential conflicts of interest should be avoided in the selection of team members. A conflict of interest is understood to exist when professional judgement concerning the examination might be unduly influenced by a secondary interest. Examples of conflict of interest are • Relatives or friends of the alleged victim • Previous public declarations of personal opinions related to the case or the alleged victim • Previous formal hierarchical relationship with the alleged victim. Chapter notes 7. Reyes, Hernan, MD, DMSc, Doctors in prison: documenting torture in detention, Torture Volume 18, 3 Nov. 2008, http://www.irct.org/Admin/Public/ DWSDownload.aspx?File=%2FFiles%2FFiler%2FTort ureJournal%2F18_03_2008%2F176-182_Doctors_in_ prison.pdf 8. Michael Peel, Noam Lubell, Beynon, Medical Investigation and Documentation of Torture, page 59, http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/KFile/MidtHb.pdf 13