The webinar of the European Union Advisory Mission to Ukraine took place on October 19 at the National Academy of Internal Affairs “Investigative interviewing PEACE model and interviewing of child victims and witness of crime”.
The event was held as part of classes on the "Organization of the investigative task force" for cadets of the 4th year of the Educational and Scientific Institute № 1 of the Department of Criminal Procedure of NAIA, who will soon join the ranks of pre-trial investigation units.
The webinar was joined by the scientific and pedagogical staff of the Department of Criminal Procedure, Department of Criminology and Forensic Medicine, the Scientific Laboratory for Preventive Activities and Corruption Prevention of ESI № 3 of NAIA, as well as other Departments of the Academy.
The event was opened by Zbyněk Vaníček, the EUAM's Chief Criminal Investigation Adviser, who greeted the participants and presented a webinar developed by the Mission's experts. The speakers were the Criminal Investigation Trainers Rafal Weigel (Republic of Poland) and Milena Marinova (Republic of Bulgaria).
Experts of the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine, having many years of practical experience in this field, acquainted the participants of the webinar with the European experience of children interviewing.
In his presentation, the Polish expert described in detail the model of PEACE interviewing, which was created by law enforcement agencies together with British psychologists to reduce the number of false confessions resulting from aggressive interrogation methods, and aimed at conduction of interrogation in the form of conversation. The trainer focused the participants on the principles and stages of such an interviewing process.
Milena Marinova continued the event by acquainting the participants with the peculiarities of children questioning, in particular the psychological factors that affect the content and form of testimony and the need for interviews in a child-friendly environment, the stages of conduction and preparation for interviewing.
The topic of discussion was interesting for future investigators, who received answers to topical questions from foreign experts. Professor of the Department of Criminal Procedure, Police Colonel Victoria Zarubey noted that the training of cadets is based on European experience.
Due to the quarantine restrictions, this form of event is effective and allows us to attract a significant number of participants online.
We thank the coaches and organizers for an interesting and meaningful event and look forward to continuing fruitful cooperation.
International Communication Unit, Department of Criminal Procedure, NAIA
