The Legal Foundations of INTERPOL (Paperback)

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