Torture, ill-treatment and coercion during interviews/ Universal protocol for non-coercive, ethically sound, evidence-based and empirically founded interviewing practices 2016, para. 69
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Access to counsel must be provided immediately after the moment of deprivation of liberty and unequivocally before any questioning by authorities. Counsel must be present for all interviews, and for their entirety (see A/68/295). This right applies to, among others, detention on criminal charges, prisoners of war, criminal detention relating to armed conflict, detention of individuals considered to be civilian internees under international humanitarian law and administrative detention outside of armed conflict (see WGAD/CRP.1/2015).
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment