{"id":820,"date":"2023-06-05T14:58:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihr-advisors.com\/open-letter-to-secretary-general-of-interpol\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T13:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:10:10","slug":"open-letter-to-secretary-general-of-interpol","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/ihr-advisors.com\/es\/open-letter-to-secretary-general-of-interpol\/","title":{"rendered":"Carta abierta de la Iniciativa de Abogados Detenidos al Secretario General de Interpol"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ben Keith sends Open Letter to Interpol on behalf of The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 5 June 2023<\/p>\n

INTERPOL SHOULD TAKE A MORE ROBUST APPROACH TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS BY ERADICATING THE MISUSE OF INTERPOL\u2019S DATABASES BY TURKISH AUTHORITIES<\/p>\n

5 June 2023<\/p>\n

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Dear Secretary General Stock,<\/p>\n

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We, the undersigned, are concerned about Turkey\u2019s misuse of INTERPOL\u2019s Stolen and Lost Travel Document (SLTD) system, and about INTERPOL\u2019s ability to adhere to its human rights obligations by implementing protections against such misuse.<\/p>\n

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It is widely reported that the Turkish Government is deliberately misusing INTERPOL\u2019s SLTD database to circumvent the formal extradition process and to evade INTERPOL\u2019s controls of Notices and Diffusions. Turkish authorities misuse the SLTD mechanism by improperly recording as lost or stolen or revoked or invalid the passports of dissidents in an attempt to have them deported to Turkey where they face political reprisals.<\/p>\n

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The Nordic Research Monitoring Network has published leaked documents from Turkey\u2019s National Intelligence Organization showing that the country abuses INTERPOL\u2019s SLTD system to bypass a set of restrictions imposed on Turkey\u2019s access to the Red Notice database.[i]<\/a><\/p>\n

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INTERPOL is required by its Constitution not to take any action of a political nature and to comply with the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR). Freedom of movement is a fundamental human right enshrined in the UDHR and the European Convention on Human Rights.<\/p>\n

The Turkish Constitutional Court has repeatedly ruled that the revocation or invalidation of passports by the Government is unlawful because the revocation of travel documents must only be done by court order. Despite the rulings, over 300,000 Turkish citizens remain banned from travelling because their passports have been unconstitutionally cancelled.<\/p>\n

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Any use of INTERPOL\u2019s SLTD database to record a passport as lost, stolen, or revoked without evidence of a court order will be in direct violation of INTERPOL\u2019s Constitution and Rules. We, the undersigned, request that, as a matter of urgent priority, INTERPOL adopts measures to prevent abuse of its SLTD database and to immediately delete all non-compliant data on the SLTD database.<\/p>\n

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A 2019 study commissioned by the European Parliament\u2019s Subcommittee on Human Rights recommended that INTERPOL \u2018should take steps to hold the NCBs accountable for their misapplication of Interpol rules and regulations, applying Articles 130 and 131 of the RPD.[ii]<\/a>\u00a0 The Notices and Diffusions\u00a0Task Force can request additional information from NCBs in order to decide whether a Notice is compliant. We recommend implementing a similar review mechanism for the SLTD database to protect INTERPOL from misuse and individuals from human rights violations.<\/p>\n

Please find attached a detailed report on how Turkey misuses INTERPOL\u2019s SLTD database and case studies demonstrating the associated risks and human rights violations.<\/p>\n

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Actions<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    We ask that INTERPOL suspends Turkey from using INTERPOL databases until the General Assembly can make a final decision. This power is given to the General Secretariat under Article 130 of the RPD.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    We ask that INTERPOL suspends Turkey from the use of the SLTD database until further checks can be put in place.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Sincerely,<\/p>\n

    \n

    The Arrested Lawyers Initiative<\/strong>, Belgium<\/p>\n

    Patrick Breyer<\/strong>, Member of the European Parliament<\/p>\n

    Dr Theodore Bromund<\/strong>, The Heritage Foundation<\/p>\n

    William Browder<\/strong>, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign<\/p>\n

    Nicola Canestrini<\/strong>, Italian human rights lawyer<\/p>\n

    Javier Cremades<\/strong>, President of the World Jurist Association<\/p>\n

    Clare Daly<\/strong>, Member of the European Parliament<\/p>\n

    Rhys Davies<\/strong>, UK Barrister, Editor of Red Notice Monitor<\/p>\n

    Gunnar Ekel\u00f8ve-Slydal<\/strong>, Deputy Secretary General of The Norwegian Helsinki Committee<\/p>\n

    Michelle Estlund<\/strong>, US Attorney<\/p>\n

    Enes Kanter Freedom<\/strong>, US<\/p>\n

    Human Rights Foundation<\/strong>, US<\/p>\n

    Human Rights Defenders<\/strong>, Germany<\/p>\n

    Italian Federation for Human Rights (FIDU)<\/strong>, Italy<\/p>\n

    Ben Keith<\/strong>, UK Barrister, Editor of Red Notice Monitor<\/p>\n

    Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws KC<\/strong>, Member of the UK House of Lords and Chair of the International Bar Association\u2019s Human Rights Institute<\/p>\n

    Yuriy L. Nemets, Esq.<\/strong>, US Attorney<\/p>\n

    Dr Anna Oehmichen<\/strong>, German human rights lawyer<\/p>\n

    Professor Laurent Pech<\/strong>, The Good Lobby, Belgium<\/p>\n

    Marie-Aim\u00e9e Peyron<\/strong>, Vice President Conseil National des Barreaux-B\u00e2tonnier de Paris (2018-2019)<\/p>\n

    Roger Sahota<\/strong>, UK Solicitor, Editor of Red Notice Monitor<\/p>\n

    Professor Antonio Stango<\/strong>, President of the Italian Federation for Human Rights<\/p>\n

    State Watch<\/strong>, UK<\/p>\n

    The Norwegian Helsinki Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Mick Wallace<\/strong>, member of the European Parliament<\/p>\n

    Ali Yildiz<\/strong>, Brussels-based human rights lawyer<\/p>\n

    [i] https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2021\/08\/turkey-set-a-plan-in-motion-to-manipulate-interpol-in-hunting-down-critics-opponents\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    [ii]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/thinktank\/en\/document\/EXPO_STU(2019)603472<\/a><\/p>\n

    [iii]<\/a> Report on Turkey\u2019s Abuse of INTERPOL\u2019s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents Database by The Arrested Lawyers Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Ben Keith env\u00eda una carta abierta a Interpol en nombre de The Arrested Lawyers Initiative el 5 de junio de 2023<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interpol"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOpen Letter to Secretary General of Interpol from The Arrested Lawyers Initiative - IHR Advisors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ihr-advisors.com\/es\/open-letter-to-secretary-general-of-interpol\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Open Letter to Secretary General of Interpol from The Arrested Lawyers Initiative - 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