The Lawyers Who Handle These Cases
Four lawyers run this practice. Each matter is handled by one of them from the access request to the decision, and the profile below states the admission or qualification that person holds. Where a case is also live before national authorities, we instruct counsel admitted in that jurisdiction rather than appearing ourselves.
How a matter is staffed
The procedure before the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files is written. It does not require anyone to appear anywhere, which is why a file can be run by one advocate regardless of where the client is. What it does require is that the same person holds the whole record: the access request, what came back, the grounds relied on and the evidence assembled for each of them.
One advocate per file
The person who files the access request is the person who argues the deletion. Handovers lose the detail the argument rests on.
Local counsel where needed
A detention hearing, an extradition request or an exit ban is decided under national law. There we work with a lawyer admitted in that country.
Second reading before filing
No application leaves without a second lawyer reading the record against the grounds claimed.
Who is responsible for which material
Every substantive page on this site names the lawyer answerable for it. The table sets out how that material is divided. It describes authorship and subject responsibility on this site — it is not a statement that any of us is admitted to practise in the countries listed.
| Lawyer | Admission or qualification | Subjects | Country pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dmytro Konovalenko | Attorney-at-law, certificate to practise law #001156 | Published CCF decisions, applications for revision, the removal procedure, political persecution as a ground | Brazil, Czech Republic, Panama, Poland |
| Dr. Anatoliy Yarovyi | Doctor of Philosophy in Law; LL.M. Stanford University, 2013 | The notice types and what each one is for, the Commission itself, diffusions, INTERPOL membership | Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg |
| Christina Abdel Ahad | LL.M. International Human Rights Law, Indiana University | Establishing whether a notice exists, human rights grounds, what a notice does to banking, travel and visas | Egypt, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE |
| Divine Tobechukwu Nwoye | Called to the Nigerian Bar, 2022; LL.M. International Trade Law, University of Wales | Extradition and no-treaty positions, data quality as a ground, look-out notices and red corner notices | Australia, Canada, China, Cyprus, India, Thailand, UK, US |
Profiles
- Dmytro Konovalenko — Senior PartnerSenior Partner. Defends clients against abusive INTERPOL red notices and extradition requests.→
- Dr. Anatoliy Yarovyi — Senior PartnerSenior Partner. Twenty years in law enforcement, public international law and human rights.→
- Christina Abdel Ahad — Senior AssociateSenior Associate. Human rights and international criminal law, extradition and deletion of INTERPOL data.→
- Divine Nwoye — Nigerian CounselNigerian counsel. EFCC and ICPC matters, criminal defence and fundamental rights litigation in Nigeria.→
How the practice is run, what it does not take on, and how its material is sourced are set out in about this practice.