By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Red Notice Challenges,UncategorizedIn the last post, we began a discussion on the issue of confidentiality in requests for Red Notice removals to the CCF. When a Red Notice subject requests removal of a Red Notice, he is obliged to explain to the CCF why he is entitled to relief, and that explanation often involves reference to illegal… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,UncategorizedAs discussed in the last post, here, INTERPOL’s new rules governing the CCF took effect in March. From a practitioner’s standpoint, among the more significant changes is the CCF’s new task of publishing its opinions and providing reasoning for them. The CCF is now required to “endeavour to make its decisions, opinions, recommendations and reports… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Red Notice Challenges,UncategorizedLast November, at the annual meeting held under the direction of INTERPOL’s newest Secretary General, Jürgen Stock, the organization adopted new rules to be applied to its quasi-appellate body, the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (“CCF”). This change marks the first time since 2012 that INTERPOL and the CCF have undergone such a substantive… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Member Country Activity,Politically Based Red NoticesThe Russian Federation is one of INTERPOL’s 190 member countries, which means that it has the privilege of using INTERPOL’s databases to help it track down wanted suspects and convicts for prosecution and sentencing. Along with that privilege comes the obligation to follow INTERPOL’s rules, not the least of which are the requirements that every… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Red Notice ChallengesIn the last post, I addressed the fact that it seems that some of the CCF’s decisions are being issued more quickly than they have been issued in the past. The CCF’s 2014 Annual Report sheds some light on the Commission’s current approach to its ever-increasing caseload: A continuing increase in the workload of the… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Red Notice ChallengesSome of the best advice I ever received was from a professor who told my law school class to “knock off the legal mumbo-jumbo” and just speak plainly, so people can understand you. When lawyers speak in legal-ese or in industry terms, the only people who really understand them are other lawyers, and other people… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in UncategorizedAny time a lawyer is successful in his or her efforts to zealously represent a client, I feel an appreciation for the satisfaction that the lawyer must be experiencing. Recently, though, I learned of an attorney’s success and I felt a sense of personal happiness for the attorney’s victory, though I had no involvement with… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Infrastructure,INTERPOL's Tools and Practices It appears that one of the first orders of business upon Nina Vajić‘s assuming her post as Chair of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) was to increase the number of scheduled sessions for the year. The scheduled sessions for this year will be as follows: 25th – 27th February 2015… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Red Notice ChallengesLast week, the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) met for its final session of the year. Each year, the CCF meets three times a year, which is the minimum number of times it is required to meet according to INTERPOL’s rules. During its session meetings, the Commission members consider the requests of… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Member Country Activity,Red Notice ChallengesA reader recently wrote to ask what happens when an INTERPOL member country’s National Central Bureau (NCB) does not respond to INTERPOL’s requests for confirmation of information supplied by a Red Notice subject or his attorney. An NCB is obligated to respond to INTERPOL’s request for information in order for INTERPOL to properly process individual… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Red Notice ChallengesThe CCF (Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files) has completed its first session of the year, wherein its members considered the requests for removal of Red Notices, and likely other notices and diffusions, that were submitted by both attorneys and individuals. The CCF normally meets over a two-day period three times per year. During… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Infrastructure,INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Red Notice Challenges(This is the fourth post in a series about the CCF’s Annual Report for 2012) In his speech to the General Assembly last month, the Chairman of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files raised several issues for the GA’s consideration, and among them was the invitation to work with the General Secretariat… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Infrastructure,INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Red Notice Challenges(This is the third post in a series about the CCF’s 2012 Annual Report) Each year, the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) submits its annual report at the General Assembly meeting. The report is normally presented by the the Chairman of the Commission in conjunction with his annual speech. This year, Chairman… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Red Notice ChallengesWe’re in the middle of a series of posts about issues that are addressed in the 2012 Annual Report of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF). The question for today is probably the most common of all for Red Notice subjects who decide to seek the removal of their Red Notices: “How… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Red Notice ChallengesA reader recently sent in a question about INTERPOL’s response time for requests for removal of Red Notices, which is commonly asked by Red Notice subjects. That question, in pertinent part, is: I have challenged the notice and a month back I have heard from Interpol that they have admitted my request. The clarification, I… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Member Country Activity,Red Notice ChallengesINTERPOL has planned its 82nd General Assembly meeting for next month in Colombia. To get right to the point, out of all the planned events for the meeting, I am most interested in reading about the presentation of the Annual Report by the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF). Traditionally, the CCF’s report… Continue Reading
By Michelle Estlund on Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices,Member Country Activity,Red Notice ChallengesEver since INTERPOL rolled out its I-link system in 2009, the organization has faced the issue of how to control those member countries that submit Red Notices in violation of INTERPOL’s rules and governing texts. Remember that I-link allows member countries to directly upload Red Notices for immediate circulation to all other member countries, without… Continue Reading
