Since the publication of the extremely well regarded first edition of this title, the legal regime which forms the basis for INTERPOL has changed significantly due to increasing criticism and calls for reform. This timely new edition provides a complete update to reflect the significant developments within the Organization since 2010.

This new edition also examines INTERPOL's internal and external law and situates INTERPOL's assistance to its members in the legal regime of responsibility. It is the first text to undertake this task. It draws on the jurisprudence of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files and the authors' extensive experience before this body to discuss in great detail how an individual can challenge INTERPOL's interventions (including the issuance of notices) on the basis of the Organization's internal rules. It also meticulously describes the procedures under which INTERPOL members might challenge INTERPOL's interventions and how an individual can hold INTERPOL responsible for breaches of its external law.

Retaining the clarity of expression and expert analysis that were hallmarks of the first edition, this book is required reading for practitioners and academics alike. It provides academics with a valuable case study on the creation of an international organisation and the responsibility of international organisations, and it offers practitioners a forensic analysis of how to challenge INTERPOL and its actions.

Table Of Contents

PART I

1. The Concept of International Organisations

2. The Object of the Organisation

I. Is Extrajudicial International Police Cooperation an Appropriate Object?

II. The Presumptive Freedom of Action of Sovereign States

III. The Indifference with Regard to Form and Formalities

IV. Attribution of Police Conduct

V. Non-Exclusivity of Mutual Legal Assistance Arrangements

VI. The Obligation to Cooperate

VII. Permissibility of Police Cooperation without the Formalities of Extradition or Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties

VIII. The Appropriateness of INTERPOL's Object

3. A Meeting of Wills and Consent to be Bound

I. A Meeting of Wills

II. Consent to be Bound

4. Contracting Parties and Members

I. Countries as Parties to the INTERPOL Constitution and as Members

II. Are Countries Subjects of International Law?

5. Form and Formalities

I. The Distinction between Formal and Informal Agreements

II. Registration and Publication

6. Governing Law

I. Presumptive Exclusion of National Law

II. The Governing Law of the INTERPOL Constitution

7. Organisation and Operations

I. Origins

II. Structure

III. Essential Functions

IV. Delegation of Powers

V. Privileges and Immunities

VI. Recognition as an International Organisation

VII. Recognition of Legal Capacity



PART II

8. Internal Law

I. Internal Legal Order

II. Challenges to the Processing of Data

III. Regulation of Employment Relations

9. Internal Law Disputes

I. Proceedings before the CCF

II. Re-Examination by the General Secretariat

10. Challenges by National Central Bureaux

I. Legal Framework

II. Examples

11. External Law and Responsibility

I. External Legal Order

II. Responsibility

12. External Law Disputes

I. Immunity from Jurisdiction and Adequate Alternative Dispute Settlement Systems

II. Article 24 of the Headquarters Agreement