MODULE 2

INTERPOL

2.1 O VERVIEW

 INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 194 member
countries.
 INTERPOL provides investigative support, expertise, and training to law enforcement
worldwide, focusing on three major areas of transnational crime: terrorism, cybercrime,
and organized crime. Its broad mandate covers virtually every kind of crime, including
crimes against humanity, child pornography, drug trafficking and production, political
corruption, copyright infringement, and white-collar crime. The agency also facilitates
co-operation among national law enforcement institutions through criminal databases
and communications networks.
 INTERPOL is itself not a law enforcement agency.
 INTERPOL is a membership-based organization, and the General Secretariat is the body
that coordinates all our policing and administrative activities.
 It is run by the Secretary General; currently Jürgen Stock of Germany, who was
appointed by the General Assembly in November 2014.
 There are around 1,000 staff, one-quarter of whom are law enforcement personnel
seconded by their national administration. Staff work in any of the Organization's four
languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish.

INTERPOL is itself not a law enforcement agency. If not, then what is it? Why is it
called Police if it is not a law enforcement agency?
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2.2 Global Presence

NTERPOL’s General Secretariat is based in Lyon, France, supported by the Global

Complex for Innovation in Singapore, seven regional bureaus, and Special Representative
Offices at the African Union, the European Union and the United Nations. Each member
countries maintains a National Central Bureau staffed by its own highly trained law enforcement
officials.
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  Lyon headquarters
The headquarters in Lyon coordinates much of the policing expertise and
services we provide to member countries. It is also the administrative and logistical
centre of the Organization.

 Regional bureaus
The seven regional bureaus bring together police within a region to share
experiences and tackle common crime issues:

 Argentina (Buenos Aires)

 Cameroon (Yaoundé)
 Côte d’Ivoire (Abidjan)
 El Salvador (San Salvador)
 Kenya (Nairobi)
 Thailand liaison office (Bangkok)
 Zimbabwe (Harare)

2.3 Secretary General

 The Secretary General is responsible for the General Secretariat, overseeing

its day-to-day activities and ensuring that it implements the decisions of the
General Assembly and Executive Committee.

 The Secretary General is proposed by the Executive Committee and

appointed by the General Assembly for a period of five years and may be re-
appointed once.

 The Secretary General engages with leaders at both policing and political
levels to increase support for the Organization, advocating for our role within
today’s global security architecture, and being a voice for policing matters on
the world stage.

Had there been a Filipino Secretary General in the History of INTERPOL? Write
something about it.
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2.4 General assembly
 The General Assembly is INTERPOL’s supreme governing body, comprising
representatives from each of our member countries. It meets once a year and each
session lasts around four days.

 Each member country may be represented by one or several delegates who are
typically chiefs of police and senior ministry officials.

 Its purpose is to ensure that INTERPOL’s activities correspond to the needs of our
member countries. It does this by determining the principles and measures for the
Organization to reach its objectives, and by reviewing and approving the programme
of activities and financial policy for the coming year.

 In addition, the General Assembly elects the members of the Executive Committee,
the governing body which provides guidance and direction in between sessions of
the Assembly.

 On the agenda each year are also the major crime trends and security threats facing
the world.
 The General Assembly takes decisions in the form of Resolutions. Each member
country represented has one vote. The decision-making process is made by either a
simple or two-thirds majority, depending on the subject matter. These Resolutions
are public documents and available from 1960 to the current date.

 As the largest global gathering of senior law enforcement officials, the General
Assembly also provides an important opportunity for countries to network and share
experiences.

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2.5 Executive Committee

 The Executive Committee is the governing body in charge of supervising the execution
of the General Assembly’s decisions and the administration and work of the General
Secretariat. It meets three times a year and sets organizational policy and direction.

 The Committee's members sit at the top level of policing in their own countries and
bring many years of experience and knowledge to advise and guide the Organization. Its
role is to:
 Supervise the execution of the decisions of the General Assembly;
 Prepare the agenda for sessions of the General Assembly;
 Submit to the General Assembly any program of work or project which it
considers useful;
 Supervise the administration and work of the Secretary General.

2.5 Composition of the Executive Committee

 Elected by the General Assembly, the Executive Committee has 13 members comprising
the President of the Organization, two vice-presidents and nine delegates. They are all
from different countries and the geographical distribution is balanced.

 The President is elected for four years, and vice-presidents and delegates for three.
They are not immediately eligible for re-election either to the same posts or as delegates
to the Executive Committee.

2.6 Current members of the Executive Committee

EC composition 2019-2020

 President

Kim Jong Yang (Republic of Korea)

 Vice-Presidents

Benyamina Abbad (Algeria)

Šárka Havránková (Czech Republic)

Vice-President for the Americas – Vacant

 Delegates

Khaled Jameel Al Materyeen (Jordan)

Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi (United Arab Emirates)

Jean-Jacques Colombi (France)

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 Héctor Espinosa Valenzuela (Chile)

Rogerio Galloro (Brazil)

Robert Guirao Bailén (Andorra)

Destino Pedro (Angola)

Olushola Kamar Subair (Nigeria)

Jannine Van den Berg (The Netherlands)

Role of the President

The President of the Organization is elected by the General Assembly for a period of four
years.

INTERPOL's Constitution requires that the President:

 Preside at meetings of the General Assembly and the Executive Committee and direct
the discussions;
 Ensure that the activities of the Organization are in conformity with the decisions of the
General Assembly and the Executive Committee;
 Maintain, as far as possible, direct and constant contact with the Secretary General of
the Organization.
 The role of President is part-time and unpaid, with the holder retaining their full-time
post within their national authority.

What is the function of a Delegate of the Executive committee? What requirements

should one possess tob become a delegate?
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