The concept and features of the international search for persons seeking or granted asylum

The article examines the features of the international search for persons seeking or granted asylum, provides information on the recommendations and principles in force in this area, as well as on the decisions of the General Assembly of Interpol, the General Secretariat and the Executive Committee of Interpol. The article considers the official statistics, domestic and foreign legislation and scientific literature on the topic of the work. The purpose of the study is to analyze the system of abuse of the possibilities of including persons seeking and receiving refugee status into the international wanted list, or, conversely, unilateral termination of the international search for such persons by units of the Interpol General Secretariat. The methodological basis of the research was formed by the statistical method, analysis, synthesis, induction, system-structural and formal-logical methods. As a result of the work carried out, a sufficiently detailed analysis of Russian and international legislation in this area, as well as the genesis of the latter’s development in different periods, is provided. The problems of legal regulation of the international search for persons seeking or granted asylum, and the stemming from them abuses on the part of the wanted persons and the states of stay, are considered. The article examines the foreign experience in granting asylum to persons wanted by Interpol, as well as the attitude of international organizations to the problem under consideration. These provisions will positively affect the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of victims of criminal encroachments, the implementation of the principle of inevitability of punishment. Conclusions are made about the importance of the Russian Federation’s efforts to overcome the existing problems of finding persons who evade criminal responsibility and punishment, and who have received refugee status in foreign countries.