Body of beaten to death criminal suspect Vo Tan Minh in Ninh Thuan earlier this year
By Defend the Defenders, November 8, 2017
Interrogations of criminal suspects and witnesses in Vietnam must be recorded or filmed in order to prevent torture, according to a draft joint circular of the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy and the Ministry of Defense.
Accordingly, investigation officers cannot conduct interrogation without recording or filming devices. The head of the investigation agency responsible for a case will decide the form of recording or filming.
During interrogations, if the recording or filming devices have failure and cannot operate properly, the investigators must suspend their works, the joint circular states.
Before interrogation, investigators must inform the suspect/witness about recording or filming.
The records and films taken during interrogation can be used during trials as evidences. They may also help judges to detect coercions and torture, if they occur.
Voice recording and filming during interrogation are tools expected to prevent torture and coercion in Vietnam.
According to Human Rights Watch, torture is systemic across Vietnam. As many as 226 suspects and prisoners died in Vietnam’s detention facilities in 2011-2014 and the situation continues in the next years. The state media has reported dozens of deaths in police stations nationwide in the past few years.
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November 8, 2017
Vietnam Requests Interrogations to Be Filmed, Recorded
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Body of beaten to death criminal suspect Vo Tan Minh in Ninh Thuan earlier this year
By Defend the Defenders, November 8, 2017
Interrogations of criminal suspects and witnesses in Vietnam must be recorded or filmed in order to prevent torture, according to a draft joint circular of the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy and the Ministry of Defense.
Accordingly, investigation officers cannot conduct interrogation without recording or filming devices. The head of the investigation agency responsible for a case will decide the form of recording or filming.
During interrogations, if the recording or filming devices have failure and cannot operate properly, the investigators must suspend their works, the joint circular states.
Before interrogation, investigators must inform the suspect/witness about recording or filming.
The records and films taken during interrogation can be used during trials as evidences. They may also help judges to detect coercions and torture, if they occur.
Voice recording and filming during interrogation are tools expected to prevent torture and coercion in Vietnam.
According to Human Rights Watch, torture is systemic across Vietnam. As many as 226 suspects and prisoners died in Vietnam’s detention facilities in 2011-2014 and the situation continues in the next years. The state media has reported dozens of deaths in police stations nationwide in the past few years.