Dismantling the Tools ofreport Oppression INTERPOL 2018 Interpretation of INTERPOL’s Rules Refugee Policy 116. In May 2015, INTERPOL announced a new policy on recognised refugees which had been circulated to all NCBs earlier in the year (“the Refugee Policy”) and which is set out in Annex 1. The guidance shared with all NCBs confirmed that the General Secretariat will remove a Red Notice or Diffusion if it can verify that the person has been recognised as a refugee under the 1951 Convention. Fair Trials strongly welcomed the Refugee Policy as a real step forward in line with a key recommendation in Strengthening INTERPOL. This policy was subsequently endorsed by the General Assembly by Resolution 9 of 2017 (“Refugee Policy Resolution”).128 117. We have also welcomed the efficiency with which the CCF has, for the most part, been applying the Refugee Policy, especially in cases where recognised refugees are subject to extradition proceedings. In one case, we received a positive response from the CCF within two weeks. We have seen a number of examples of the refugee policy working well in practice, providing a relatively straightforward route out of the harsh difficulties imposed by politically-motivated INTERPOL alerts. 53 128 INTERPOL General Assembly, Resolution No. 9, GA-2017-86-RES-09