The document summarizes the legislation on conducting videotaped investigative interviews in various countries, including Germany, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Costa Rica, Spain, the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, the Dominican Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, and the European Union. Additionally, it presents an analysis of foreign case law, primarily concerning the balance between due process guarantees, defense, and victim protection. For this purpose, rulings from the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and Spanish courts were reviewed. This is because, within the inter-American human rights protection system (Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights), there are still no sufficiently clear criteria to satisfactorily address the issue of protective measures for child and adolescent victims in criminal proceedings.
Author: Fundación Amparo y Justicia