Link to On July 30, from 12 PM to 1:30 PM EDT, Michelle Estlund will be joining fellow panelists in a discussion regarding the latest developments in INTERPOL’s efforts aimed at curbing transnational repression and abuse of its channels. On July 30, from 12 PM to 1:30 PM EDT, Michelle Estlund will be joining fellow panelists in a discussion regarding the latest developments in INTERPOL’s efforts aimed at curbing transnational repression and abuse of its channels.
Panelists will discuss:
- Challenges faced by the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF)
- New CCF case law, and recently proposed changes to the CCF Statute and INTERPOL’s efforts to engage the public in the discussion of the proposed changes
- The new (third) edition of the INTERPOL Repository of Practice on the Application of Articles 2 and 3 of the INTERPOL Constitution, which require that the Organization act in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and strictly forbids it to engage in politically motivated criminal prosecutions
- Recently adopted changes to INTERPOL’s Rules on the Processing of Data
- Work of INTERPOL’s Notices and Diffusions Task Force and its participation in the prevention of the abuse of INTERPOL’s resources
- Silver Notices recently introduced by INTERPOL which are designed to target criminal assets
- Effect of current U.S. immigration policies and practices on individuals targeted by government requests disseminated via INTERPOL’s channels
- Due process and human rights considerations in the context of extradition of non-U.S. citizens who are targeted by the government
Bruce Zagaris, Partner, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP, (USA), is the moderator of this event, and panelists include:
- Teresa McHenry, Chairperson of the Supervisory and Advisory Chamber for the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s files.
- Theodore Bromund, Senior Research Fellow, Anglo-American Relations, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, The Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
- Michelle Estlund, Estlund Law, P.A. (Miami, FL, USA)
- Yaron Gottlieb, Director, Head of the Notices and Diffusions Task Force, Executive Directorate, Legal Affairs, INTERPOL (Lyon, France)
- Yuriy Nemets, Managing Member, Nemets PLLC (Washington, D.C.)
You can register for this event at https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg/web/452187150/.