An Interpol Attorney's Perspective on Red Notices, International Extradition and Related Matters
Today’s post will address Article 3 of INTERPOL’s constitution and why it exists.
When an INTERPOL member country’s Red Notice request appears to be predominantly motivated by political, military, religious, or racial reasons, Article 3 requires that the organization deny the request.
Using the example cited in part 1 of this series, Bosnian officials sought…
Today’s post will address political motivation requests from INTERPOL member countries, and the effect they have on individuals as well as the organization as a whole.
As an example from last year, consider the case of Milorad Dodik. As reported by Reuters, INTERPOL has denied a Bosnian court’s request for a Red Notice for…
In today’s post, we deviate from our usual formatting to answer some of the questions frequently posed by Red Notice subjects:
Q: How can a Red Notice be issued based on false charges?
A: As written in a similar blog posted previously, INTERPOL allows its member countries to request or issue Red Notices if…
Here’s an odd fact: sometimes an inquiry alone can lead to a Red Notice removal.
INTERPOL’s CCF (the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files, discussed here) is an unusual venue in which to represent clients. Its purpose (human rights and due process observation in the context of a law enforcement support organization) is…
In general, attorneys advocate for fair treatment by encouraging equality. There are times, however, when equal treatment does not lead to a fair outcome. In today’s post, we will focus on Article 28 of INTERPOL’s Rules on the Processing of Data, and why the equal application of this rule to all INTERPOL member countries is…
Today’s post will address extradition and deportation due to Red Notice status, using as examples the case of two fugitives from India who were INTERPOL Red Notice subjects and were arrested in India following their return from the U.S. and Thailand.
One of the men, Janarthanan Sundaram, was allegedly deported from Bangkok to India after…
Today’s post will address the limited publicity of some of the CCF’s decisions.
The Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) releases confidential decisions to the General Secretariat, the applicant, and the concerned National Central Bureaus upon receiving individual requests. As provided for in the Statute of the CCF, all decisions are issued…
Today’s post will address the CCF’s current delays, and how those affect Red Notice subjects globally.
INTERPOL has provided online notification for some time now of the delays being experienced due to higher influxes of requests, along with longer submissions, stating:
The CCF has been experiencing delays in meeting its deadlines due to increases in …
Late last year, after growing increasingly frustrated with the CCF’s uncharacteristically delayed responses to both access requests and removal requests, we inquired directly to the CCF as to the Commission’s seeming lack of compliance with Article 40(3) of the Statute on the CCF, which requires notification to the parties when the required deadlines are not…
