In an extradition, one jurisdiction delivers a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in another jurisdiction, over to the other's law enforcement. It is a cooperative law enforcement procedure between the two jurisdictions and depends on the arrangements made between them. In addition to legal aspects of the process, extradition also involves the physical transfer of custody of the person being extradited to the legal authority of the requesting jurisdiction.
An extradition document from the St. Louis Police Department in the United States, requesting the extradition of a murder suspect suspected of fleeing to Auckland in New Zealand, 1885.
Swedish extradition of German and Baltic soldiers to the Soviet Union in January 1946
Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía being extradited to face charges in the United States.
Viktor Bout extradited to the United States aboard a Drug Enforcement Administration plane.
European Convention on Human Rights
The European Convention on Human Rights is an international convention to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe. Drafted in 1950 by the then newly formed Council of Europe, the convention entered into force on 3 September 1953. All Council of Europe member states are party to the convention and new members are expected to ratify the convention at the earliest opportunity.
Ukrainian stamp, commemorating 60 years of the European Convention on Human Rights
In 2019, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands cited the article 2 of the ECHR to say that the government must limit climate change to protect human health.
