General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Police Organization

Adopted by INTERPOL’s General Assembly on 24 November 2025, the Agreement regulates the Privileges and Immunities of ITNERPOL.

INTERPOL shall possess international legal personality (Article 3).

INTERPOL, its property, funds, and assets, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall enjoy immunity from judicial and other forms of legal process, except: (a) insofar as in any particular case it has expressly waived such immunity; the waiver of jurisdictional immunity is not intended to imply a waiver of immunity regarding enforcement measures, for which a separate waiver is required; (b) in respect of the enforcement of an award made under a dispute settlement mechanism provided for under Article 15(a); and (c) arising from civil actions brought in case of damage resulting from an accident caused by a motor vehicle or other means of transportation owned by or used on behalf of the INTERPOL (Article 4).

Members of Certain of the ICPO-INTERPOL’s bodies shall be granted Immunity from legal process of every kind, even if they no longer hold the status referred to above, in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them
in their official capacity (Article 9). Officials of the ICPO-INTERPOL shall be granted Immunity from legal process of every kind, even after they have ceased to be Officials of the ICPO-INTERPOL, in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity. The Secretary General, including any Official acting in this capacity during the Secretary General’s absence from duty, shall be accorded, while in the territory of a State Party, and throughout the duration of his or her functions, in respect of himself or herself, the privileges and immunities, exemptions and facilities normally accorded to heads of diplomatic missions (Article 11).

The Secretary General shall have the right and duty to waive the immunity of any Official of INTERPOL in any case where the immunity would impede the course of justice and can be waived without prejudice to the interests of INTERPOL. INTERPOL shall cooperate at all times with the appropriate authorities of the States Parties to this Agreement to facilitate the proper administration of justice, secure the observance of police regulations and prevent the occurrence of any abuse in connection with the privileges, immunities and facilities (Article 14).

INTERPOL shall take appropriate measures to ensure the satisfactory settlement of disputes: (a) arising from contracts to which the ICPO-INTERPOL is a party. The ICPO-INTERPOL shall include in its contracts a clause whereby any dispute arising from the interpretation or performance of the contract shall be settled by consultation or mediation, or by an arbitration procedure agreed between the parties, in the absence of an amicable
settlement of the dispute between them; (b) concerning data processing in the INTERPOL Information System, which may be brought before the Commission for the Control of Files; and (c) between the ICPO-INTERPOL and its Officials which may be submitted to the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization (Article 15).