An Interpol Attorney's Perspective on Red Notices, International Extradition and Related Matters
In 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
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Some 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…
Any 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…
INTERPOL has removed the Red Notice in the name of Ex-Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovych from its website. The removal of a name from INTERPOL’s online wanted pages is not indicative of a final decision, but it is significant.
In 2014, likely due to the public nature of the case, INTERPOL took the unusual step of …
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…
Last 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…
A 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…
The 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…
(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…
(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…
