Guidance

IAFPA members who are involved in casework may find the following resources useful.

Please note that IAFPA is not responsible for the content of these links: they are intended as a useful signpost only:

International Standards	ENFSI	UK Forensic Science Regulator
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 ISO 21043:2025 [5 Parts] ILAC G19:06/2022 Modules in a Forensic Science Process ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Note: ISOs may also be available through National standards organisations	Best Practice Manuals [BPMs]: BPM – Forensic Speaker Comparison BPM – Digital Audio Authenticity Guidance: Forensic Semi-automatic and automatic speaker recognition Validation of Instrumental and Human Based Methods in Forensic Science	Code of Practice Legal Obligations Guidance on: Cognitive Bias Effects Validation Evaluative Opinions Expert Report Content
NIST	SWGDE	OSAC Speaker Recognition Sub-Committee
Forensic Science Program Speaker Recognition Evaluation series Language Recognition Evaluation NIST Publications: audio	SWGDE Best practices for: Forensic Audio Digital Audio Authentication Digital Audio Enhancement Notes on FFmpeg for Audio Core Competencies: Audio	Speaker Recognition Process Map – Current Practices Speech Collection Guidelines Essential Scientific Literature for HASR Relevant Corpora for FSR
Other Organisations
IAFLL [Code of Ethical & Professional Conduct] AES Forensic	ANZPAA – Publications ANZPAA – Guidance on Method validation	INTERPOL: Guidelines for Digital Forensics Labs