Table 1: Reform progress to date
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Area of reform
1. Interpretation
of INTERPOL’s Rules
(Paras 43 to 50)
2. Protection
against abuse
(Paras 30 to 36)
3. Effective
redress mechanism
(Paras 37 to 42)
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Fair Trials’
Recommendation
Progress to date
• Provide detailed information
on how it interprets Article 3
Insight provided through published
CCF decision excerpts (Para 138)
- Publication of the Repository of
Practice on Article 3 (Para137)
• Commission and publish an expert
study analysing relevant international
extradition and asylum law and its
own obligations
No progress
• Publish a Repository of Practice on
Article 2
2014 amendment to Rules on the
Processing of Data requiring
Repository of Practice to be
developed (Para 133)
- Insight provided through published
CCF decision excerpts (Para 135)
• Make available information on how
INTERPOL approaches the task of
reviewing requests for INTERPOL alerts
Limited information provided
regarding the review process (Para
64)
• Insist on the provision of arrest
warrants with requests for Red
Notices and Diffusions as well as
complete factual circumstances
No progress
• Prevent Red Notices from being
circulated prior to INTERPOL review
Reform confirmed in March 2015
(Para 66)
• Adopt a clear rule requiring
deletion of a Red Notice or
Diffusion when a request for
extradition has been refused on
political motivation grounds
No progress
• Adopt a clear rule requiring
deletion of a Red Notice or Diffusion
when asylum has been granted
Refugee Policy announced in May
2015 (Para 116)
• Systematically follow up with the
NCB in an arresting country to
determine whether an extradition
request was received and what was
the outcome
No progress
• Establish time limits for NCBs to
respond to CCF requests
Introduced in CCF Statute
(Paras 101 and 102)
• Enhance the competence and
expertise of the CCF
Introduced in CCF Statute
(Paras 92 and 93)
• Create separate chamber of the
CCF for handling complaints
Introduced in CCF Statute
(Para 92)
• Enhance the disclosure system
Introduced in CCF Statute
(Paras 94 to 99)
• Introduce binding, reasoned and
published decisions
Introduced in CCF Statute
(Paras 82 to 84)
Verdict