Presenting a factsheet, a webinar, and course

There is much more to recording interviews at a Barnahus than setting up a system and hitting record. To best perform its role, a Barnahus must comply with local/international rules and regulations of evidence recording, and be able to produce a recorded interview that holds up to scrutiny in court.

Key considerations to keep in mind when selecting and setting up your interview recording system, including:

• Proving authenticity, in a world where ‘deep fakes’ are becoming exceedingly easy to produce;
• Proving the child was not influenced during the interview;
• Building trust in the evidence recording procedure from day 1;
• Ensuring data is readable long into the future, and that secure access is possible on demand;
• Planning for the storage requirements of exponential growth in interview files;
• GDPR implications.

The Considerations for evidence recording at the Barnahus factsheet and the webinar below provide essential guidance for planning for the interview room set up at a Barnahus or similar service. Register for our online course to go deeper on the topic.

About the webinar

In this webinar, Emil Flam, Business Development Manager at Indigo Systems, outlines their digital evidence recording system. Designed for use by law enforcement agencies and legal entities, the system includes features such as an automated editing bot for recorded evidence. This bot is designed to perform alterations for confidentiality purposes while maintaining the original data’s integrity.

Flam further discusses the system’s publishing function, which aims to facilitate controlled distribution of evidence with external parties by allowing users to set access levels for each shared item. The system also includes a feature that provides legal entities access to the recordings. Towards the end of the webinar, future plans for the system are detailed, which involve expanding automated transcription services to more languages and integrating mobile phone recording functionality

About the author and presenter: Emil Hagland Flam, Business Development Manager at Indico Systems Group, Norway. The Indico secure digital recording and evidential management system is currently in use by a number of Barnahus and similar setups through Europe.   

The factsheet was co-authored by PROMISE and Indico Systems.

The PROMISE Webinar Series is co-organised with Terre des Hommes, a partner of this project, as part of the ChildHub’s child protection webinar series.

Free online course

This course is designed to build a common understanding of the considerations for recording child interviews, and to support advocating for the resources needed to do it to a high standard.

What you will learn

• Why to record, including child rights aspects, child developmental aspects, and legal support for recording of interviews for use in court;
• Protecting the evidence, including legal and practical considerations, how to prove the child was not influenced during the interview;
• Making the recording, including formats, encoding, storage and access;
• Analysing the recording, both as a multidisciplinary team and in support of the team’s work;
• The role of high-quality recordings for building trust within multidisciplinary teams, and the trust of the Barnahus by the national systems;
• Presenting the recording in criminal procedures, including in court, proving authenticity;
• Archiving, storage, and streaming considerations;
• Selecting and onboarding a system, including budgeting and guidance for advocating with decision makers.

Who the course is for

• Decision makers and policymakers who are evaluating their options.
• Forensic interviewers in Barnahus and similar services, and the technical staff supporting the process.
• Barnahus managers, and those who are involved in setting up the service and/or upgrading their existing interview suite.
• Anyone else who would find this course content useful in their work towards meeting the Barnahus Quality Standards.

About the authors

This course is co-created by David Horn and the Barnahus Network. David Horn’s secure digital recording and evidential management system is currently in use by a number of Barnahus and similar setups through Europe.

Format and length

The course is delivered online through and is a self directed. It takes a few hours to complete the course.

Additional lectures or discussions with experts can be arranged, depending on demand.

Language

The course is delivered in English.

Registration

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The above has produced with co-funding from European Union. The contents herein are the sole responsibility of the respective project partnership and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission.