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 StandardsENFSIUK 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
NISTSWGDEOSAC Speaker Recognition Sub-Committee
Forensic Science Program
Speaker Recognition Evaluation series
Language Recognition Evaluation
Speech Collection Guidelines
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 (SR) Process Map
Standard Guide to the SR Landscape
Issues in Data Processing & Relevant Population Selection
Essential Scientific Literature for HASR
Relevant Corpora for SR
Other Organisations
IAFLL [Code of Ethical & Professional Conduct]
AES Forensic
ANZPAA – Publications
ANZPAA – Guidance on Method validation
INTERPOL: Guidelines for Digital Forensics Labs

If you are looking for a course in forensic speech or language analysis, this resource kindly collated by Dakota Wing might help (as above, we do not endorse any particular course or qualification, but this information is provided as a useful signpost): Directory of Forensic Linguistics/Language & Law Programs