ContractInternational Cooperation Agreement • July 5th, 2022
Contract Type FiledJuly 5th, 2022Clare Daly (The Left). – Madam President, I have to say I think there are a lot of good provisions in this agreement, but it is debased by the insertion of geopolitical interests, which have no part in neutral international cooperation agreements. Now, Interpol has a huge responsibility to ensure proper verification of information, judicial redress and compliance with fundamental data rights. It should be organised on a rules-based cooperation to protect citizens, but it’s well known that governments in many parts of the world are abusing its systems to pursue their critics, whether they be asylum seekers, journalists or political opponents. But Interpol is supposed to be above all that. It’s supposed to share information in compliance with the founding principles of neutrality and to protect human rights in tackling international crime.