CCF Announces 2026 Session Dates as Red Notice Deletion Requests Continue to Rise
by Ariel Rawls, Attorney
The Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) has announced its session dates for 2026. These sessions are when the CCF reviews requests to access, correct, or delete data held in INTERPOL’s systems, including Red Notices.
The 2026 session dates are:
- 135th Session: 28 January – 10 February 2026 (currently underway)
- 136th Session: 3 June – 16 June 2026
- 137th Session: 30 September – 13 October 2026
Rather than holding several shorter meetings close together, the CCF has spread three longer sessions across the year and has left open the possibility of adding a fourth session in December 2026. This change is intended to help the Commission manage a growing number of requests and respond more consistently over time.
2026 marks 40 years since the CCF was first established. At its very first session in 1986, the Commission reviewed only five requests. By 2024, that number had grown to 2,586 admissible requests, the largest volume in CCF history. This dramatic increase shows how much the Commission’s workload has grown over four decades and helps explain why the new schedule of longer, spread-out sessions is an important step in managing demand.
In its latest Activity Report, covering 2024, the CCF confirmed that increased caseloads continue to create delays. About 70% of access requests took longer than the four months allowed by the CCF statute, and roughly 30% of deletion requests exceeded the nine-month timeframe provided under the statute.
The first session of 2026 is already underway. This session is the first step toward clearing the backlog, and decisions are expected to start coming out once it ends. For many, it will be the first real movement on requests that have been pending for a long time.
Our International Protection Practice (IPP) closely monitors CCF developments, since timing and workload can affect how requests are handled and how long decisions take. These factors can have real-world impacts on travel, employment, banking, and immigration. Check back with us for the latest on CCF trends and developments.
