{"id":1907,"date":"2022-06-24T09:40:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T13:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ielrblog.com\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2022-06-24T09:59:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T13:59:05","slug":"interpol-and-growing-transnational-repression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ielrblog.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/24\/interpol-and-growing-transnational-repression\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERPOL and Growing Transnational Repression"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presented by the ABA International Law Section, National Security Committee<\/p>\n

Wednesday, July 12, 2022 \u2013 12:00 pm EDT \u2013 1:00 pm EDT<\/p>\n

The panel will discuss new U.S. legislation concerning INTERPOL abuse, the organization\u2019s response to recent political events on the international stage and the panelists\u2019 experiences advising victims of INTERPOL abuse.<\/p>\n

Specifically, the panelists will review: the U.S. Transnational Repression Accountability and Prevention (TRAP) Act of 2021 and U.S. policy towards INTERPOL abuse, INTERPOL\u2019s lifting of \u201ccorrective measures\u201d imposed on Syria in 2012 and the organization\u2019s approach to requests from Russia in light of the latter’s invasion of Ukraine, the decisions made by the 89th (most recent) INTERPOL General Assembly and how they may affect victims of INTERPOL abuse, the controversies surrounding the financing of INTERPOL\u2019s activities, the problems that the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL\u2019s Files (CCF), a critical part of INTERPOL\u2019s redress mechanism, faces on a daily basis, as well as CCF\u2019s consideration of the principle of ne bis in idem, preemptive requests, bounced checks and other provisions of INTERPOL\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n

Moderator:<\/p>\n

Bruce Zagaris, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/p>\n

Ted Bromund, The Heritage Foundation (Washington DC)<\/p>\n

Michelle Estlund, Estlund Law (Miami)<\/p>\n

Laurent Grosse-Kozlowski, former General Counsel and Director of the Office of Legal Affairs at INTERPOL (Lyon, France)<\/p>\n

Yuriy L. Nemets, Nemets Law (Washington DC)<\/p>\n

Rebecca Schaeffer \/ Bruno Min, Fair Trials (Washington DC \/ London, UK)<\/p><\/div>\n

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