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Legal history through arbitration; acted for clients across more than 15 jurisdictions
We made legal history by bringing the first successful challenge against a multilateral law enforcement agency through arbitration.
We have acted for clients across more than 15 jurisdictions including Colombia, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Thailand, US, UK and Venezuela. A few recent examples include:
- Successfully advised a state in its pursuit of a settlement against another state under the auspices of INTERPOL's dispute settlement mechanism.
- Acted for a former CEO who was targeted in a fabricated criminal case, which led to the circulation of a Diffusion. The CCF upheld our arguments, ruling that the data in INTERPOL's Information System violated Article 2 of INTERPOL's Constitution (human rights) and lacked the required quality and lawfulness. The Diffusion was deleted.
- Represented a leading marine support services entrepreneur and his associates who were targeted in a criminal case which led to the publication of Red Notices. The CCF upheld our arguments, finding that the case violated Article 2 of INTERPOL's Constitution (human rights) and stemmed from a private commercial dispute. The Red Notices were deleted.
- Advised a former head of state who had grounds to believe he may become the subject of a politically motivated request for international police cooperation. We submitted a request for access to data together with an application for pre-emptive measures. The CCF noted that the General Secretariat would provide him the opportunity to present his views before any data is entered into INTERPOL's Information System.
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