Dismantling the Tools ofreport Oppression INTERPOL 2018 is made on the basis of criminal allegations which are not the same as those giving rise to the INTERPOL alert. ii) Article 2: Respect for human rights 48. While it is encouraging to know that INTERPOL, a policing organisation with no human rights mandate, is committed to upholding international human rights principles, its approach to this commitment has been difficult to identify. INTERPOL has, to date, provided very few clear examples of how it applies Article 2 in practice. For example, in a Chatham House meeting at which INTERPOL spoke, it confirmed that it seeks to apply internationally-shared standards wherever identified, and provided the prohibition of the death penalty against minors as an example of this.27 Therefore, if an alert is requested against a minor seeking the death penalty, this would be refused, but if an alert is requested against an adult in the same circumstances, it would be considered valid because international law does not, at present, contain any standard excluding the death penalty as such. b. the risk that the charge or conviction underlying the INTERPOL alert has arisen from the use of torture evidence. 50. Our main recommendation was to call for INTERPOL to publish a Repository of Practice on the interpretation and application of Article 2 of its Constitution, particularly to provide clarity on how INTERPOL perceives its responsibility to protect human rights. 49. It is particularly concerning that INTERPOL has not published clear guidance on its approach to the prohibition of torture – an internationally-shared standard. There are two key risks to which INTERPOL should be alert: a. the risk of torture or ill-treatment arising following return to the requesting country, either during the criminal proceedings (e.g. torture by police during interrogations) or due to the nature of the potential sentence which might contravene international standards (e.g. stoning); and 27 Chatham House, ‘International Law Roundtable Summary – Policing Interpol’ (5 December 2012) Available at: https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/files/ chathamhouse/public/Research/International%20Law/051212summary.pdf 23