Tag: diplomatic assurances

Defendants in a criminal trial have to be summoned properly in order to guarantee their right to a fair trial and lack of international diplomatic cooperation cannot justify an exception.

Reticent and incomplete information about prison conditions  bans surrender in Cyprus investigative European Arrest warrant proceeding.  

Greek executive EAW rejected, Chania prison has inhumane and degrading conditions due to overcrowding.

Is an assurance of non extradition from the government possible under Italian law?

The executing judicial authority in European Arrest Warrant cases cannot rely on generic information of issuing authority.

EAW to Greece should be rejected despite supplementary information regarding detention conditions. 

Moldovian diplomatic assurances allow extradition even if there are negative CPT reports.

Consequences of the cessation of membership of the Russian Federation to the Council of Europe in Italian extradition proceedings. 

Diplomatic assurances in extradition proceedings have to be verified.

Reliance on diplomatic assurances has been a longstanding practice in extradition relations between States: but can they really be trusted?