A/HRC/RES/31/31 practitioner’s conclusions are duly recorded and made available to the detainee in accordance with relevant rules of domestic law; 9. Also encourages States to ensure the compilation and maintenance of up-todate official registers and/or records of persons in police custody or pretrial detention, which, as a minimum, contain information about (a) the reasons for the arrest; (b) the time of the arrest and the taking of the arrested person to a place of custody, as well as that of his or her first appearance before a judicial or other authority; (c) the identity of the law enforcement officials concerned; (d) precise information concerning the place of custody; and to communicate such records to the detained person or his or her counsel, as prescribed by law; 10. Stresses the importance of developing corroborating methods of crime investigation to eliminate or reduce sole reliance on confessions for the purpose of securing convictions, and the importance of seeking corroborative evidence through all available modern, scientific methods of crime investigation, including through appropriate investment in equipment, skilled human resources and international cooperation on capacity-building; 11. Also stresses the importance of keeping under systematic review interrogation rules, instructions, methods and practices, and of developing domestic guidelines on how to conduct interrogations with a view to preventing any cases of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; 12. Urges States, during reviews of domestic interrogation rules, instructions, methods and practices to ensure that they observe their international obligations, that safeguards against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are in place, and that during such reviews they are mindful of the particular importance of safeguards, to ensure that: (a) The physical environment and conditions during interrogation are humane; (b) The length of interrogation sessions are in accordance with obligations under international human rights law, including the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; (c) Interrogated persons are not subjected to coercive methods of interrogation that impair their capacity of decision or their judgement, or forces them to confess, incriminate themselves or testify against any other person; (d) All persons during police custody and pretrial detention subjected to interrogation are afforded the right to the presence and assistance of a lawyer and, if necessary, the presence and services of a properly qualified interpreter during interrogation sessions; (e) Records of interrogation sessions during police custody and pretrial detention, including their duration and the intervals between sessions, and the identity of the law enforcement official who conduct the interrogations and other persons present are kept accurately, and that such records are stored safely; (f) Rules are in place to obligate law enforcement officials to report instances of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment to their superior authorities, with appropriate sanctions for non-reporting, and, where necessary, that independent organs are vested with reviewing or remedial power; (g) Consideration is given at all times to the personal circumstances of the interrogated person; 3