them to request asylum or seek other forms of subsidiary protection if they have not already done so. • Individuals who report transnational repression should not have the information they report shared with immigration services if it could put these individuals at risk and lessen the chances others will come forward to report similar abuses. • Ensure that measures to combat transnational repression are not applied disparately because of political considerations. To Interpol: • Set benchmarks on human rights that states must meet to issue Red Notices into the Interpol system. Designate governments with a documented poor human rights record as subject to further scrutiny when they submit Red Notices. • Create an additional layer of vetting for Red Notices issued from countries in which an individual’s return to those countries may constitute non-refoulment. • Take all necessary steps to ensure that refugees and asylum seekers are not targeted for Red Notices, including by modifying the 2017 Interpol “policy on refugees” (GA-2017-86-RES-09) to not only reject or delete Notices or Diffusions in instances where an individual’s refugee status is confirmed by a member country, but also in cases where an individual is confirmed to be an asylum seeker awaiting a decision on their asylum claim, or when credible sources (such as news reports or human rights organizations) confirm an individual’s status as a refugee or asylum seeker. • Improve transparency by publishing annually the numbers of Red Notices or diffusions each government is submitting (to be able to highlight when governments are flooding the system) as well as the numbers of Red Notices per country that are rejected through the vetting process (to provide information on states’ rejection rate), the criminal offense category, and the reasons for denial. • Provide further public information on the elections process for Interpol’s president, such as the name and positions of candidates. Ensure proper vetting of candidates and do not accept the candidacy of individuals who have committed human rights violations or who are implicated in human rights violations (such as serving in the leadership of an abusive police agency). “WE WILL FIND YOU” 44