INTERPOL Blog

GYH Authors Assess U.S. State-Level Legislation on Transnational Repression

Over the past several years, U.S. states have begun to consider legislation on the issue. Adhering to due process standards when adjudicating claims for asylum, while essential, will not protect individuals from surveillance, harassment, coercion, or intimidation by foreign regimes or their agents inside the United States.

A Turkish INTERPOL?

The existence of organizations like AIMC – and TÜRKPOL, should it actually be established – creates a dilemma.

Former INTERPOL Secretary General Diagnoses INTERPOL

Ronald K. Noble is the single most important individual in the history of modern INTERPOL.

An INTERPOL Interview — How Does the Notices and Diffusions Task Force Work?

INTERPOL has released an interview with a member of the Notices and Diffusions Task Force (NDTF) — Carla Delle Donne, Notices and Diffusions Taskforce Counsel Coordinator – that offers new insights into, and raises new questions about, the operation of the Task Force.

Red Notices in Immigration Court: Engaging with INTERPOL Experts 

For most of the general public, often including immigration judges and Department of Homeland Security counsel, understanding of INTERPOL notices and diffusions comes only from their dramatic portrayal in movies and television. Those portrayals depict INTERPOL as a global police force with squad cars, secret agents, and binding international arrest warrants.

Turkish Announcement on the Return of Internationally Wanted Suspects Raises Questions About Abuse of INTERPOL

One of the central unknowns about the INTERPOL system is how often its member nations successfully use it to secure the return of wanted individuals from foreign countries.

Red Notices in Immigration Court: Dealing with “Underlying Documentation”

The Directive instructs ICE personnel who intend to rely on a Red Notice to obtain documentation underlying the notice, such as an arrest warrant, and to provide that documentation to the noncitizen with a meaningful opportunity to respond.

GYH Authors Cited by Congressional Research Service in Publication on Transnational Repression

Two GYH authors – Sandra Grossman Esq. and Dr. Ted R. Bromund – with co-author Bradley Jardine of the Oxus Society, have been cited by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) in its recent report by Foreign Affairs Specialist Michael A. Weber on “ ‘Transnational Repression’ and U.S. Policy: In Brief.”

Red Notices in Immigration Court: ICE Directive

ICE Directive 15006.1, effective September 30, 2023, outlines how ICE officials should evaluate INTERPOL Red Notices and Wanted Person Diffusions in immigration enforcement decisions.