Interpol

(asked on 6th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what diplomatic steps he has taken to promote the correct usage and proper functioning of Interpol red notices among his foreign counterparts.


Answered by
Nick Hurd Portrait
Nick Hurd
This question was answered on 11th March 2019

INTERPOL is a crucial organisation enabling police to police cooperation between 194 member countries.

Any misuse of INTERPOL notices is taken very seriously by this government.


The Home Office continues to work with INTERPOL and the National Crime Agency (NCA), which acts as the UK’s National Central Bureau for INTERPOL, on this matter and strongly supports INTERPOL’s efforts to ensure systems are in place that protect individuals’ human rights. Article 3 of INTERPOL's Constitution strictly forbids any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.

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