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Law on Extradition of Citizens

A chart with information on extradition laws 

relating to citizens in 157 jurisdictions. 

July 2013
This report is provided for reference purposes only. 

It does not constitute legal advice and does not represent the official 

opinion of the United States Government. The information provided 

reflects research undertaken as of the date of writing. 

It has not been updated.
Law on Extradition of Citizens in Selected Countries

Staff of the Global Legal Research Center

SUMMARY This chart covers extradition rules for citizens in 157 jurisdictions. Note that many countries will not extradite anyone for political 

crimes or will not extradite an individual to a country that imposes capital punishment. Those two restrictions were not considered 

in the making of this chart, as they generally apply to requests to extradite both citizens and foreigners.

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Afghanistan Only allowed if provided for in 

a treaty.

Constitution of Afghanistan, art. 28, 

OFFICIAL GAZETTE No. 818 (Jan. 28, 

2004), available at http://www.asianlii 

.org/af/legis/const/2004/1.html.

Algeria X Criminal Procedure Code, of 1966, art. 

696, http://www.joradp.dz/TRV 

/FPPenal.pdf (in French).

Angola X Constitution, art. 70(1), http://www 

.governo.gov.ao/Constituicao.aspx

(in Portuguese).

Argentina Extradition of nationals is allowed but 

the suspect has the right to choose to 

be tried by Argentine courts; if that 

option is chosen, extradition is denied.

International Cooperation in Criminal 

Matters and Extradition Law No. 

24767, Dec. 18, 1996, art. 12, http:// 

www.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/ane

xos/40000-44999/41442/norma.htm

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Armenia X Law on the Citizenship of the Republic 

of Armenia, Nov., 6, 1999, art. 5, 

http://parliament.am/legislation.php?sel

=show&ID=1731&lang=eng.

Australia X Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) ss 6 & 7, 

http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C20

13C00234.

Austria Only within the framework of the 

European Arrest Warrant for 

otherwise qualifying offenses 

committed in the requesting Member 

State of the European Union, but only 

if Austria would exercise criminal 

jurisdiction over equivalent offense.

Council Framework Decision of 13 

June 2002 on the European Arrest 

Warrant and the Surrender Procedures 

Between Member States (hereinafter 

EAW Decision), No. 2002/584/JHA:, 

2002 O.J. (L 190) 1, http://eur-lex 

.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?

uri=CELEX:32002F0584:EN:NOT; 

Auslieferungs-und Rechtshilfegesetz 

(Extradition and Mutual Assistance 

Act) Dec. 4, 1979, 

BUNDESGESETZBLATT 1979/529, as 

amended, § 12 (Constitutional 

provision), http://www.ris.bka.gv.at 

/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bunde

snormen&Gesetzesnummer=10002441

(click on link for 529/1979), in 

conjunction with Bundesgesetz über die 

Justizielle Zusammenarbeit mit den 

Mitgliedstaaten der EU (Federal Act on 

Judicial Cooperation with the Member 

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States of the European Union), 

BUNDESGESETZBLATT I 2004/36, as 

amended, § 5 (Constitutional 

provision), http://www.ris.bka.gv.at 

/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bunde

snormen&Gesetzesnummer=20003339

(click on link for 26/2004).

Azerbaijan X Constitution of Azerbaijan, Nov. 12, 

1995, art 53.2, http://en.president.az 

/azerbaijan/constitution/.

Bahrain X Law 46-2002 of Criminal Procedures, 

art. 415(a),http://www.mohamoonmontada.com/Default.aspx?action=Ara

bicLaw&ID=156 (in Arabic).

Barbados X Barbados, Extradition Act, L.R.O. 

1985, Cap. 189, LAWS OF BARBADOS, 

available at, http://www.oas.org 

/juridico/MLA/en/brb/en_brb-ext-lawext1985.pdf.

Belarus Only allowed based on international 

treaties to which Belarus is a party.

Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, 

Mar. 15, 1994, art. 10, http://house.gov 

.by/index.php/,2438,,,,1,,,0.html.

Belgium Nationals can only be extradited 

within the framework of the EAW 

Decision, and provided they are 

Loi sur les extraditions [Extradition 

Law], Mar. 15, 1874, as amended, art. 

1, 2 LES CODES LARCIER DROIT PENAL

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returned to Belgium for the execution 

of any prison sentence.

684 (2010); Loi relative au mandat 

d’arrêt européen [Law on the European 

Arrest Warrant], Dec. 19, 2003, 2 LES 

CODES LARCIER DROIT PENAL

701 (2010).

Bermuda X Extradition Act 1877, LAWS OF 

BERMUDA tit. 8, Item 36 (1989 Rev.),

available at http://www.bermudalaws 

.bm/Laws/Consolidated%20Laws/Extra

dition%20Act%201877.pdf. 

Benin X Extradition Treaty of the Economic 

Community of West African States, 

Aug. 1, 1994, art. 10, http://www.icpat 

.org/index.php/documentation-aarticles-mainmenu-97/doc_download 

/21-ecowas-extraditiondocument&sa=U&ei=44nRUZL6ILfG4

AOIpoFQ&ved=0CB8QFjAA&usg=A

FQjCNFvwy7ACqBwT3Mlnmvsjzz5-

YYGaQ.

Bolivia X Penal Code of Bolivia art. 3, available 

at http://www.oas.org/juridico 

/spanish/gapeca_sp_docs_bol1.pdf

(in Spanish).

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Bosnia and 

Herzegovina

X Criminal Procedure Code of Bosnia and 

Herzegovina, 2003, art. 415, § 1-a, 

available at http://www.ohr.int/ohrdept/legal/oth-legist/doc/criminalprocedure-code-of-bih.doc.

Botswana Not unless the requesting country has 

laws allowing reciprocity. 

Extradition Act 18 of 1990, § 8, II 

LAWS OF BOTSWANA, Cap. 09:03 (rev. 

ed. 2010), available at http://www 

.issafrica.org/cdct/mainpages/pdf/Terro

rism/Legislation/Botswana/Botswana%

20Extradition%20Act%2018%20of%2

01990%20.pdf (in the link provided, the 

relevant portion is § 7).

Brazil X Constitution art. 5(LI), http://www 

.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Constituicao/

Constituicao.htm. 

Bulgaria Only allowed based on reciprocity 

established by a ratified, published, 

and effective treaty of Bulgaria.

Constitution of the Republic of 

Bulgaria, July 12, 1991, art. 25.4, 

http://www.parliament.bg/en/const.

Burkina Faso X Extradition Treaty of the Economic 

Community of West African States, 

Aug. 1, 1994, art. 10, http://www.icpat 

.org/index.php/documentation-aarticles-mainmenu-97/doc_download 

/21-ecowas-extradition-document&sa 

=U&ei=44nRUZL6ILfG4AOIpoFQ&v

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ed=0CB8QFjAA&usg=AFQjCNFvwy7

ACqBwT3Mlnmvsjzz5-YYGaQ; CODE 

PROCÉDURE PÉNALE [CODE OF 

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE] (in French).

Burundi Allowed only on the basis of a 

treaty provision.

Code de Procédure Pénale [Code of 

Criminal Procedure] art. 15, available 

at http://www.droitafrique.com/images/textes/Burundi/Bur

undi-Code-2009-penal.pdf (last visited 

June 24, 2013).

Cameroon X Code de Procédure Pénale [Code of 

Criminal Procedure], 2007, art. 644.

Canada Extradition of Canadian citizens could 

be considered unconstitutional “if 

Canadian authorities failed, before 

extraditing the person, to determine 

whether prosecution in Canada was a 

‘realistic option’.”

Extradition Act, S.C. 1999, c. 18, § 3, 

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/E23.01.pdf; Ch. 42, “Extradition of 

Canadian Citizens for Acts Which 

Could Be Prosecuted in Canada,” in 

THE FEDERAL PROSECUTION SERVICE 

DESKBOOK (1989), http://www.ppscsppc.gc.ca/eng/fps-sfp/fpd/ch42.html.

Cape Verde Allowed for terrorism and 

international organized crime based on 

reciprocity and with guarantees of a 

fair trial.

Constitution art. 38, http://www 

.parlamento.cv/leisrepublica.aspx

(in Portuguese).

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Central 

African 

Republic

X Loi 10.002 du 6 janvier 2010 portant sur le 

Code de Procédure Pénale [Law 10.002 of Jan. 

6, 2010 on the Code of Criminal Procedure] art. 

379, JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE 

CENTRAFRICAINE [OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE 

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC], available at 

http://www.ilo.org/dyn 

/natlex/docs/SERIAL/88120/100660/F4

98635820/CAF-88120.pdf.

Chad X Code Procedure Pénale [Code of 

Criminal Procedure] art. 445 

(in French).

Chile X Código Procesal Penal [Code of 

Criminal Procedure], Oct. 12, 2000, art. 

440, http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar 

?idNorma=176595&idPart=0; Código 

de Procedimiento Penal [Code of 

Criminal Procedure], Feb. 19, 1906, art. 

644, http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar 

?idNorma=22960&idParte=0.

China 

(People’s 

Republic of)

X Extradition Law of the People’s 

Republic of China, Dec. 28, 2000, art. 

8, http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/content 

/2001/content_61248.htm (in Chinese).

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Colombia X 1991 Political Constitution, as amended 

by Legislative Act 1 of 1997, art. 35, 

http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/sen

ado/basedoc/cp/constitucion_politica_1

991_pr001.html#35 (in Spanish). 

Comoros X Loi du 10 mars 1927, relative a 

l’extradition des étrangers [Law of Mar. 

10, 1927, on Extradition of Foreigners], 

art. 5, http://www.unodc.org 

/documents/terrorism/Publications/Prac

tical_Guide_IOC/Publication_UNODC

-COI_Fiches_pratiques_n.1.pdf (see 

p. 3, “droit applicable” 

[applicable law]).

Congo 

(Dem. 

Republic 

of the)

Criminal procedure law refers only to 

extradition of foreigners; in some 

treaties Congo specifies that its 

citizens not be extradited and instead 

be tried in Congo.

Décret du 12 avril 1886 relatif à 

l’extradition [Decree of 12 April 1886 

relating to extradition], available at

http://www.droitcongolais.info/files/36

0_decret_du_12_avril_1886_extraditio

n.pdf; African Union Convention on 

Preventing and Combating Corruption, 

Dec 30, 2003, art 15-6, available at 

http://www.icpc.ma/wps/wcm/connect/

b6666a80438bcb4d849dcc40d51cf4f5/

Convention+sur+la+lutte+contre+la+co

rruption.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACH

EID=b6666a80438bcb4d849dcc40d51c

f4f5 (copy/paste URL into browser).

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Cook Islands The Attorney-General may refuse to 

extradite a national of the Cook 

Islands and instead prosecute and 

punish the person in the Cook Islands.

Extradition Act 2003, § 62(2)(a), 

available at http://www.paclii.org/ck 

/legis/num_act/ea2003149/.

Costa Rica Allowed as governed by treaties. Costa Rica Constitution, LA GACETA, 

Nov. 7, 1949, art. 31, available at

http://www.oas.org/dil/esp/Constitucion

_Costa_Rica.pdf (in Spanish).

Croatia X Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, 

July 6, 2010, art. 9, http://www.sabor 

.hr/Default.aspx?art=2405.

Cuba X Criminal Code art. 6.1, GACETA 

OFICIAL DE LA REPUBLICA DE CUBA,

http://www.gacetaoficial.cu/html/codig

o_penal.html (in Spanish).

Czech 

Republic

Citizens cannot be extradited to a 

foreign state for criminal prosecution

or to serve a sentence; they may be

transferred to another Member State 

of the European Union only on the

basis of the EAW Decision.

Criminal Code of the Czech Republic, 

Jan. 8, 2009, art. 10, available at http:// 

www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_

id=248531 (in Czech).

Denmark Allowed based on the EAW Decision 

or the European Convention on 

Extradition. Also, the Minister of 

Justice may allow extradition if there 

Bekendtgørelse af lov om udlevering af 

lovovertrædere [Decree on Law on 

Extradition of Offenders], Law No. 833 

(Aug. 25, 2005, as last amended by 

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is an agreement between Denmark and 

the requesting country, if either (1) the 

person concerned has resided in the 

requesting state in the two years prior 

to commission of the offense, and an 

act corresponding to the offense for 

which extradition is sought is 

punishable by imprisonment for at 

least one year under Danish law; or 

(2) the act, if handled by a Danish 

court, could result in a higher penalty 

than four years of imprisonment. If 

there is no such agreement between 

Denmark and the requesting state, the 

Minister of Justice may decide to 

extradite a Danish citizen if the above 

conditions are met and special law 

enforcement conditions are 

therefore communicated. 

Denmark made a Declaration with 

reference to art. 6 of the Convention 

on Extradition, which gives a 

contracting party the right to refuse 

extradition of its “nationals,” 

indicating that the term “national” for 

purposes of the Convention means “a 

national of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, 

Norway or Sweden, or a person 

domiciled in one of those countries.”

Law No. 428 of May 1, 2013), kap. 2 

§ 2, https://www.retsinformation.dk 

/Forms/r0710.aspx?id=2161; 

“Declaration Contained in a Letter from 

the Permanent Representative of 

Denmark, Dated 12 November 2003, 

Registered at the Secretariat General on 

25 November 2003,” and “Declaration 

Contained in a Letter from the Ministry 

of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Dated

30 August 1962, Handed to the 

Secretary General at the Time of 

Deposit of the Instrument of 

Ratification, on 13 September 1962,” 

List of Declarations Made with Respect 

to Treaty No. 024 [European 

Convention on Extradition]: Denmark, 

COUNCIL OF EUROPE, http://conventions 

.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeDeclarati

ons.asp?NT=024&CM=8&DF=&CL=E

NG&VL=1 (status as of June 19, 2013).

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Dominican 

Republic

Allowed only when authorized by the 

judicial branch, as provided by law 

and current extradition treaties. 

Constitution art. 46(1), Jan. 26, 2010, 

http://www.suprema.gov.do/PDF_2/con

stitucion/Constitucion.pdf (in Spanish).

Ecuador X Law on Extradition, Aug. 18, 2000, art. 

4, http://www.mmrree.gob.ec/mre 

/documentos/ministerio/legislacion/leg_

extradiccion.htm (in Spanish).

Egypt X Penal Code, July 31, 1937, art. 3, 

available at http://www.mohamoonmontada.com/Default.aspx?action=Ara

bicLaw&ID=20 (in Arabic; stating that 

Egyptians who commit crimes abroad 

will be tried in Egypt).

El Salvador Only permitted when established in 

a treaty.

Constitution, Dec. 16, 1983, DIARIO 

OFICIAL, art. 28, http://www.asamblea 

.gob.sv/eparlamento/indicelegislativo/buscador-de-documentoslegislativos/constitucion-de-larepublica (in Spanish).

Eritrea X Transitional Penal Code of Eritrea § 21 

(composed of the Ethiopian Penal Code 

of 1957, No. 158, 1957, as amended in 

1991, through the Transitional Penal 

Law of Eritrea Proclamation, No. 4, 

1991, 1 GAZETTE OF ERITREAN LAWS, 

No. 1 (Sept. 15, 1991)), 1957 Code 

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available on the Ethiopian Legal Brief 

website, at http://chilot.files.wordpress 

.com/2011/01/penal-code-english.pdf

(1991 amending document issued only 

in Tigrigna, one of Eritrea’s local 

languages, and not available in 

electronic form).

Estonia Allowed only under conditions 

prescribed by an international treaty 

and pursuant to procedure provided by 

such treaty and by law. Extradition 

must be decided by the government of 

the Republic. Those under an

extradition order have the right to 

contest the extradition in an Estonian 

court. As to the Declaration to the 

European Convention on Extradition, 

Estonia reserves the right to refuse 

extradition of nationals who have not 

consented to the procedure.

Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, 

June 28, 1992, art. 36, http://www 

.president.ee/en/republic-of-estonia/theconstitution/; List of Declarations Made 

with Respect to Treaty No. 024 

[European Convention on Extradition]: 

Estonia, COUNCIL OF EUROPE, http:// 

conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/Li

steDeclarations.asp?NT=024&CM=8&

DF=&CL=ENG&VL=1 (status as of 

June 18, 2013).

Ethiopia X Criminal Code of the Federal 

Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 

Proclamation No. 414/2004, May 9, 

2005, art. 21, available at http://www. 

wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/et/et011

en.pdf.

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Fiji A judge may refuse to extradite a 

citizen of Fiji.

Extradition Act 2003, § 18(2)(b), 

available at http://www.paclii.org/fj 

/legis/num_act/ea2003149/.

Finland Allowed only if there is a law that 

provides for extradition or transfer of 

a citizen “due to a criminal act, for the 

purpose of legal proceedings, or in 

order to enforce a decision concerning 

the custody or care of a child” to a 

country where the person’s human 

rights and legal protection are 

guaranteed. One such law provides 

for extradition to other EU 

Member States.

Constitution of Finland, June 11, 1999 

(731/1999, amendments up to 

1112/2011 included), § 9 ¶ 3, http:// 

www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1999/

en19990731.pdf; Act on Extradition on 

the Basis of an Offence Between 

Finland and Other Member States of 

the European Union, Dec. 30, 2003, 

Law No. 1286/2003, http://www.finlex 

.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/2003/en2003128

6.pdf.

France Only allowed within the framework of 

the EAW Decision for otherwise 

qualifying offenses committed in the 

requesting Member State of the 

European Union country. In such 

cases, judges should grant extradition 

if the requesting country has a 

reciprocity process with France and if, 

in the case of sentencing to a penalty 

involving deprivation of liberty, the 

citizen can serve the sentence in 

France. In addition, France would 

have to exercise criminal jurisdiction 

over an equivalent offense. 

Criminal Procedure Code, art 696-4, 

available at http://www.legifrance 

.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?idArticle

=LEGIARTI000006577394&cidTexte=

LEGITEXT000006071154&dateTexte

=20130618&oldAction=rechCodeArticl

e ( in French; last updated June 5, 

2013); Convention Drawn Up on the 

Basis of article K.3 of the Treaty on 

European Union, Relating to 

Extradition Between the Member States 

of the European Union art 7, 1996 O.J. 

(C 313) 12, http://eur-lex.europa.eu 

/Notice.do?val=212030:cs&lang=fr&lis

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1&nbl=2&pgs=10&hwords=convention

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visu=#texte; Circulaires de la direction 

des affaires criminelles et des graces 

Signalisation des circulaires du 1er 

juillet au 30 septembre 2005, BULLETIN 

OFFICIEL DU MINISTÈRE DE LA JUSTICE 

N° 99 (July 18, 2005), http://www 

.justice.gouv.fr/bulletinofficiel/dacg99b.htm.

Gabon No statement on extradition in 

criminal procedure legislation; Gabon

is member of the Communaute 

Economique et Monetaire de 

L’afrique Central (CEMAC) 

[Monetary and Economic Community 

of Central Africa]. No extradition of 

citizens between members, including 

Cameron, Central African Republic, 

Congo (Dem. Rep.), Chad, Gabon,

and Guinea Bissau.

Treaty Communaute Economique et 

Monetaire de L’afrique Central, Accord 

d’Extradition entre les Etats Membres 

de la CEMAC art. 5, Jan. 28, 2004, 

available at http://www.droit-afrique 

.com/images/textes/Afrique_centre/CE

MAC%20-%20Accord%20extradition 

%202004.pdf.

Gambia X Extradition Act No. 10, 1986, §§ 2, 5 & 

7, LAWS OF THE GAMBIA, Cap. 12:01 

(rev. ed. 2009).

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Georgia Only allowed as prescribed in a treaty; 

the decision on extradition may be 

appealed in court. 

Constitution of Georgia, Aug. 24, 1995, 

art. 13, § 4, http://www.parliament.ge 

/files/68_1944_951190_CONSTIT_27_

12.06.pdf.

Germany Allowed only in accordance with the 

EAW Decision and then only if the 

deed has a significant connection to 

the requesting state and the fugitive 

will be allowed to serve the penalty 

in Germany.

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of 

Germany § 16, http://www.gesetze-iminternet.de/englisch_gg/; Gesetz über 

die internationale Rechtshilfe in 

Strafsachen [Act on Mutual 

International Assistance in Criminal 

Matters], repromulgated June 27, 1994, 

BUNDESGESETZBLATT I at 1537, as 

amended, § 80, http://www.gesetze-iminternet.de/irg/index.html.

Ghana X Extradition Act No. 22, 1960, § 3, 4 

LAWS OF GHANA (rev. ed. 2004). 

Greece Only allowed under the EAW 

Decision, to EU countries which have 

also implemented the European 

Arrest Warrant.

EAW Decision, supra, 2002 O.J. (L 

190) 1; Law No 3251.2004, EPHEMERIS 

TES KYVERNESEOS TES HELLENIKES 

DEMOKRATIAS, 2004, A: 127.

Guatemala Only allowed based on treaties and 

conventions regarding crimes against 

humanity or against international law, 

and in such cases, the death penalty is 

not permitted.

Constitution, June 3, 1985, arts. 18 & 

27, DIARIO DE CENTRO AMÉRICA, http:// 

www.congreso.gob.gt/manager/images/

1188FE6B-B453-3B8C-0D00-

549DA12F72CB.pdf (in Spanish).

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Guinea X CODE DE PROCÉDURE PÉNALE [CODE OF 

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE], adopted Dec. 

31, 1998, art. 657, available at 

http://www.refworld.org/docid/44a3e20

b4.html (in French).

Guinea Bissau X Constitution, 1996, art. 43(1), 

http://www.anpguinebissau.org/leis/con

stituicao (in Portuguese).

Guyana X Fugitive Offenders, LAWS OF GUYANA,

Cap. 10:04, available at http://www.oas 

.org/juridico/MLA/en/guy/en_guy_Fugi

_Offen_Act.pdf; Fugitive Offenders 

(Amendment) Act No. 30 of 2009, 

available at http://www.oas.org 

/juridico/MLA/en/guy/en_guy_Fugitive

_Offen_add.pdf. 

Honduras X Constitution, Jan. 20, 1982, art. 101, LA 

GACETA, http://www.poderjudicial.gob

.hn/juris/Leyes/Constitución%20de%20

la%20República%20(09).pdf

(in Spanish).

Hungary Only allowed if the person sought for 

extradition is also a citizen of another 

state and has permanent residence in a 

foreign state. In addition, a citizen 

may be tried in Hungary for a crime 

Act XXXVIII, 1996, on International 

Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters § 

13, July 15, 1996, available at http:// 

www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx 

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committed elsewhere and then sent to 

the requesting country to carry out 

the sentence.

The surrender of a Hungarian national 

and resident who is the subject of a 

European arrest warrant for the 

purposes of prosecution may be 

subject to the condition that the 

issuing judicial authority give 

adequate assurance that, where a 

sentence has been passed or a 

detention order has been made, the 

person may if he or she desires be 

returned to Hungary in order to serve 

the custodial sentence or detention 

order there.

Also, if an EAW has been issued for a 

citizen for the purposes of execution 

of a custodial sentence or a detention 

order, the executing judicial authority 

will refuse to execute the warrant and 

will undertake to execute the sentence 

or detention order in accordance with 

Hungarian law.

GAL&publisher=&type=&coi=HUN&

docid=3ed4bd784&skip=0; Act CXXX, 

2003, On the Co-operation with the 

Member States of the European Union 

in Criminal Matters §§ 3 & 5, http:// 

www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms

_Data/docs/polju/en/EJN568.pdf; 

Criminal Code, Act. IV of 1978, § 6, 

available at http://www.refworld.org 

/docid/4c358dd22.html; Code of 

Criminal Procedure, Act XIX of 1998, 

§ 579, available at http://www 

.complex.hu/kzldat/t9800019.htm/t9800

019.htm (in Hungarian).

Iceland Allowed only to (1) other Nordic 

countries under the Nordic Arrest 

Warrant, subject to certain conditions; 

Extradition of Criminals and Other 

Assistance in Criminal Proceedings, 

Act No. 13, Apr. 17, 1984 (as last 

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or (2) other contracting states party to 

the Council of Europe’s European 

Convention on Extradition (although 

this Convention does permit states to 

refuse extradition of their nationals). 

Nationals for Iceland in this context 

refers to nationals of Denmark, 

Finland, Norway, and Sweden as well 

as Iceland.

amended by Act No. 88/2008), art. 2, 

http://eng.innanrikisraduneyti.is/lawsand-regulations/nr/104; Gjermund 

Mathisen, Nordic Cooperation and the 

European Arrest Warrant: Intra-Nordic 

Extradition, the Nordic Arrest Warrant 

and Beyond, 79 NORDIC J. INT’L LAW

10 (2010), available at http://heinonline 

.org/HOL/Page?collection=journals&ha

ndle=hein.journals/nordic79&page=1;“

Declaration contained in a letter from 

the Permanent Representative of 

Iceland, handed to the Secretary 

General at the time of deposit of the 

instrument of ratification, on 20 June 

1984,” List of Declarations Made with 

Respect to Treaty No. 024 [European 

Convention on Extradition]: Iceland, 

COUNCIL OF EUROPE, http://conventions 

.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeDeclarati

ons.asp?NT=024&CM=8&DF=&CL=E

NG&VL=1 (status as of June 19, 2013).

India X Extradition Act, No. 34, 1962, http:// 

www.nia.gov.in/acts/The%20Extraditio

n%20Act%201962.pdf.

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Indonesia Generally no, except in some 

circumstances in which it is 

considered more appropriate to 

prosecute at the scene of the crime.

Law No. 1/1979, on Extradition, art. 7, 

available at http://www.refworld.org/ 

pdfid/48635aac2.pdf.

Iran X Law of Extradition, May 4, 1969, art 8, 

http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/95205 (in 

Persian), English translation available 

on the General Directorate of 

International Affairs of the Islamic 

Republic of Iran Judiciary website, at 

http://www.bia-judiciary.ir/LinkClick 

.aspx?fileticket=E8l7BdoT_Io%3D&ta

bid=3706&mid=6999.

Iraq X Constitution, Oct. 15, 2005, art. 21, 

http://www.parliament.iq/Iraqi_Council

_of_Representatives.php?name=singal9

asdasdas9dasda8w9wervw8vw854wvw

5w0v98457475v38937456033t64tg34t6

4gi4dow7wnf4w4y4t386b5w6576i75pa

ge&pa=showpage&pid=54 (in Arabic).

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Ireland Generally not allowed, but numerous 

exceptions exist, in particular if there 

is an extradition treaty between 

Ireland and the requesting country.

Ireland’s Extradition Act, 1965, IRISH 

STATUTE BOOK, http://www.irishstatute 

book.ie/1965/en/act/pub/0017/print.htm

l#sec9.

Israel Extradition of a person who at the time 

of committing the extraditable offense 

was an Israeli citizen and a resident 

allowed only if (1) the extradition 

request is for the purpose of 

adjudication in the requesting country; 

and

(2) the requesting country has agreed, 

in advance, to transport the offender to 

Israel for the purpose of serving any 

imprisonment sentence.

Extradition Law, 5714-1954, § 1A, 

SEFER HAHUKIM (Official Gazette) 

5714, No. 163, p. 174 (1954), as 

amended, up-to-date text is available at 

http://www.nevo.co.il (by subscription).

Italy Extradition of citizens permitted only 

when expressly allowed under 

international treaties binding on Italy.

Constitution of the Italian Republic, 

1948, art. 26(1), http://www.senato.it 

/documenti/repository/istituzione/costit

uzione.pdf (in Italian); Italian Penal 

Code art. 13, http://www.altalex.com 

/index.php?idnot=1994 (in Italian); 

EAW Decision, supra, 2002 O.J. 

(L 190) 1.

Ivory Coast X Loi du 10 mars 1927 relative a 

l’extradition des étrangers [Law of 

March 10, 1927, on Extradition of 

Foreigners] art. 5, available at http:// 

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ledroitcriminel.free.fr/la_legislation_cri

minelle/anciens_textes/loi_extradition.h

tm (in French). Adopted by Ivory 

Coast according to NATLEX ILO, 

https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex /natlex 

_browse.details?p_lang=en&p_country

=CIV&p_classification=01.04&p_origi

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OUNTRY (last visited July 2, 2013).

Jamaica The Minister may refuse to extradite a 

citizen unless the person is also a 

citizen of the requesting state.

Extradition Act 7 of 1991, 35 of 1995 

(July 8, 1991), § 7(5), available at 

http://www.oas.org/juridico/mla/en/jam

/en_jam-ext-law-ext1993.pdf. 

Japan Denied except when a treaty of 

extradition provides otherwise.

Law of Extradition, Law No. 68 of 

1953, last amended by Act No. 37 of 

2007, art. 2, available at http://www 

.oecd.org/site/adboecdanticorruptioninitiative/39360681.pdf. 

Jordan Allowed if provided for in duly 

approved international agreements.

Constitution, 1952, art. 21(2), http:// 

www.kinghussein.gov.jo/constitution_j

o.html; Extradition Law, 1927, http:// 

www.lob.gov.jo/ui/laws/search_no.jsp?

no=0&year=1927 (in Arabic). 

Kazakhstan X Constitution of the Republic of 

Kazakhstan, Aug. 30, 1995, art. 11, § 1, 

http://www.akorda.kz/en/category 

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Kenya Allowed if there is an agreement with 

the requesting country or the 

requesting country has/will have in 

place a reciprocal law; also allowed if 

the request comes from a 

Commonwealth country.

Extradition (Contiguous and Foreign 

Countries) Act §§ 2 & 16, 7 LAWS OF 

KENYA Cap. 76 (rev. ed. 2009), http:// 

www.kenyalaw.org/klr/fileadmin/pdfdo

wnloads/Acts/Cap76Extradition_Contig

uousandForeignCountrie_.pdf; 

Extradition (Commonwealth Countries) 

Act, §§ 2 & 6, 6 LAWS OF KENYA, Cap. 

77 (rev. ed. 2009), available at http:// 

www.imldb.iom.int/viewDocument.do?

id=%7B4C52254B-E233-4174-9D30-

0305993DA399%7D.

Kiribati The Minister of Foreign Affairs may 

refuse to extradite a citizen of Kiribati.

Extradition Act 2003, § 19(2)(b), 

available at http://www.paclii.org/ki 

/legis/num_act/ea2003149/.

Korea 

(Republic of)

The government has the discretion to 

extradite its own nationals.

Extradition Act, Act No. 4015, Aug. 5, 

1988, last amended by Act No. 10202, 

Mar. 31, 2010, art. 9, translation 

available through the online database of 

the Korea Legislative Research 

Institute, at http://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng 

_service/main.do.

Kosovo Only allowed when required by 

international law and agreements. 

Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, 

Apr. 7, 2008, art. 35, § 4, http://www 

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Kuwait X There is no law on the subject. 

However, the State of Kuwait stated in 

its report on the implementation of the 

UN Convention Against Corruption 

that it does not extradite its 

own citizens.

U.N. Report No. CAC/COSP/IRG/I/2/ 

1/Add.8 (Oct. 23, 2012), http://www 

.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNCAC

/WorkingGroups/ImplementationRevie

wGroup/ExecutiveSummaries/V125690

5a.pdf (in Arabic).

Kyrgyzstan X Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic, 

June 27, 2010, art. 51, § 1, available at 

http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.

jsp?id=10576.

Latvia Only allowed when required by 

international agreements ratified by 

the Saeima (legislature), so long as the 

extradition does not violate the basic 

human rights specified in 

the Constitution.

Constitution of the Republic of Latvia, 

Feb. 15, 1922, art. 98, http://www 

.saeima.lv/en/legislation/constitution. 

Lebanon X Penal Code, 1943, arts. 20 & 32, 

available at http://www.wipo.int 

/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=243255

(in Arabic).

Lesotho X Fugitive Offenders Act 38, 1967, §§ 3 

& 6, XII THE LAWS OF LESOTHO 

(1967), available at https://www.unodc 

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.org/tldb/showDocument.do?document

Uid=6552.

Liberia X Criminal Procedure Law, §§ 8.1 & 8.2, 

I LIBERIAN CODE OF LAWS REVISED, tit. 

2, ch. 8 (rev. ed. 1973), available at 

http://www.liberlii.org/lr/legis/codes/cp

lt2lcolr491/.

Libya X Code of Criminal Procedure, 1953, art. 

493, http://www.aladel.gov.ly/main 

/modules/sections/item.php?itemid=54

(in Arabic).

Lithuania Allowed only as established by 

international treaty.

Constitution of the Republic of 

Lithuania, Oct. 25, 1995, art. 13, http:// 

www3.lrs.lt/home/Konstitucija/Constitu

tion.htm. 

Malawi X Extradition Act of 1972, §§ 2, 4 & 6, II 

LAWS OF MALAWI, Cap. 8:03 (rev. ed. 

2010), available at http://www. vertic 

.org/media/National%20Legislation/Ma

lawi/MW_Extradition_Act.pdf.

Malaysia The Minister of Home Affairs has the 

discretion to refuse the extradition of a 

citizen of Malaysia.

Extradition Act 1992 (Act 479), § 49, 

http://www.agc.gov.my/Akta/Vol.%201

0/Act%20479.pdf.

Mexico Allowed only in exceptional cases, at Law on International Extradition, Dec. 

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the discretion of the government. 29, 1975, art. 14, http://www.diputados 

.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/36.pdf

(in Spanish).

Moldova X Constitution of the Republic of

Moldova, July 29, 1994, art. 18, § 2, 

http://www.presedinte.md/const.php?pa

ge=8210&lang=rus#8210 (in Russian).

Mongolia X Constitution of Mongolia, Jan. 13, 

1992, art. 15, available at http://www 

.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b5a38.html.

Montenegro Only allowed in accordance with the 

international obligations 

of Montenegro. 

Constitution of Montenegro, Oct. 19, 

2007, art. 12, available at http://www 

.refworld.org/docid/47e11b0c2.html. 

Morocco X Penal Code, 2002, art. 718, http://adala 

.justice.gov.ma/production/legislation/a

قانون20%المسطرة20%الجنائیة/Nouveautes/r

.pdf (in Arabic).

Mozambique X Constitution art. 67(4), http://www 

.portaldogoverno.gov.mz/Legisla/consti

tuicao_republica/ (in Portuguese).

Namibia Allowed only if approved by the 

Minister of Justice. 

Extradition Act No. 11, 1996, §§ 2 & 6, 

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF THE 

REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA, No. 1358 (July 

16, 1996), available at http://www 

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on/Namibia/NA_Extradition_Act_1996

.pdf. 

Nauru X Extradition of Fugitive Offenders Act 

1973, available at http://www.paclii 

.org/nr/legis/num_act/eofoa1973342/.

Nepal X Extradition Act, 2045 (1988), available 

at http://www.oecd.org/site/adboecd 

anti-corruptioninitiative/39365154.pdf.

Netherlands Allowed only if, in the opinion of the 

Minister of Security and Justice, the 

requesting State provides a guarantee 

that the person claimed may be 

returned to the Netherlands to serve 

any unconditional, custodial sentence.

The Netherlands’ participation in the 

Council of Europe’s European 

Convention on Extradition is subject 

to the same restriction. The 

Netherlands has also become a party 

to the EAW Decision, which allows in 

general for transfer of criminal 

offenders between Member States.

The Netherlands – National Procedures 

for Extradition, COUNCIL OF EUROPE,

http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsettin

g/pc-oc/Country_information1_en 

_files/NL%20Extradition.pdf (last 

visited June 19, 2013); Uitleveringswet 

(Mar. 9, 1967, as amended effective 

July 1, 2013), art. 4, §§ 1 & 2, http:// 

wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0002559/gel

digheidsdatum_14-06-2013; EAW 

Decision, supra, 2002 O.J. (L 190) 1;

“Declaration Contained in a Note 

Verbale from the Permanent 

Representation of the Netherlands, 

Dated 14 October 1987, Registered at 

the Secretariat General on 15 October 

1987 –and Completed by a Note 

Verbale from the Permanent 

Representation of the Netherlands, 

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Dated 12 December 1994, Registered at 

the Secretariat General on 15 December 

1994”, List of Declarations Made with 

Respect to Treaty No. 024 [European 

Convention on Extradition]: 

Netherlands, COUNCIL OF EUROPE, 

http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Comm

un/ListeDeclarations.asp?NT=024&CM

=8&DF=&CL=ENG&VL=1 (status as 

of June 19, 2013).

New Zealand If a treaty or other arrangements with 

regard to a particular country provides 

that no New Zealand citizen is to be 

surrendered, then the Minister must 

refuse extradition. Even if the treaty 

or other arrangements do not preclude 

surrender, the Minister may determine 

not to extradite a New Zealand citizen 

if satisfied that it would not be in the 

interests of justice to do so. 

Extradition Act 1999, s 30(2)(c) & 

(3)(c), http://www.legislation.govt 

.nz/act/public/1999/0055/latest 

/whole.html. 

Nicaragua X Nicaraguan Constitution art. 43, 

repromulgated with amendments, LA 

GACETA (Sept. 16, 2010), http://www. 

asamblea.gob.ni/wp-content/uploads 

/2012/06/Constitucion.pdf (in Spanish).

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Niger X Loi du 10 mars 1927, relative a 

l’extradition des étrangers [Law of Mar. 

10, 1927, on Extradition of Foreigners] 

art. 5, available at http://www.unodc 

.org/documents/terrorism/Publications/

Practical_Guide_IOC/Publication_UN

ODC-COI_Fiches_pratiques_n.1.pdf.

Nigeria X Extradition Act, 1967, §§ 3 & 21, 6 

LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, 

Cap. E25 (rev. ed. 2006), available at

http://www.vertic. org/media/National 

%20Legislation/Nigeria/NG_Extraditio

n_Act.pdf.

Niue All Niueans are New Zealand citizens. 

Other than where the requesting 

country is New Zealand, an 

extradition request may be refused if 

“the person is a New Zealand citizen 

and there is no treaty in force between 

Niue and the extradition country 

which provides for the extradition of 

New Zealand citizens; or there is no 

treaty between New Zealand and the 

extradition countries which provides 

for the extradition of New Zealand 

Extradition Act 2007, § 11(1)(iv), 

available at http://www.paclii.org/nu 

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citizens from Niue.”

Norway Allowed to (1) other Nordic countries, 

subject to certain conditions under the 

Nordic Arrest Warrant system; and (2) 

contracting states parties to the 

Council of Europe’s European 

Convention on Extradition, which, 

however, gives the states parties the 

right but not the obligation to refuse 

extradition of their nationals. 

“Nationals” for Norway in this context 

refers to nationals of Denmark, 

Finland, Iceland, and Sweden, as well 

as Norway. 

LOV 1975-06-13 nr 39: Lov om 

utlevering av lovbrytere m.v. 

[utleveringsloven] [Act Relating to 

Extradition of Offenders etc. 

(Extradition Act)] (as last amended 

June 22, 2012, in force Jan. 1, 2013), 

§ 2, http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl19750613-039.html; Lov om utlevering 

for å få iverksatt vedtak om 

frihetsinngrep truffet av myndighet i 

annet nordisk land [Law on Extradition 

to Implement a Decision Taken on 

Infringement of Liberty of the 

Authority in Another Nordic Country] 

(June 5, 1970, as last amended effective 

Oct. 16, 2012), Law No. 35, http://www 

.lovdata.no/all/nl-19700605-035.html; 

“Declaration contained in a letter from 

the Permanent Representative of 

Iceland, handed to the Secretary 

General at the time of deposit of the 

instrument of ratification, on 20 June 

1984,” List of Declarations Made with 

Respect to Treaty No. 024 [European 

Convention on Extradition]: Norway, 

COUNCIL OF EUROPE, http://conventions 

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ons.asp?NT=024&CM=8&DF=&CL=E

NG&VL=1 (status as of June 19, 2013); 

see also Gjermund Mathisen, Nordic 

Cooperation and the European Arrest 

Warrant: Intra-Nordic Extradition, the 

Nordic Arrest Warrant and Beyond, 79 

NORDIC J. INT’L LAW 10 (2010), 

available at http://heinonline.org/HOL 

/Page?collection=journals&handle=hei

n.journals/nordic79&page=1.

Oman X Law 4-2000, Feb. 1, 2000, art. 3, http:// 

mola.gov.om/legals/tasleem_al_mujrem

een/leg.pdf (in Arabic).

Pakistan X Extradition Act, 1972, available at 

http://www.oecd.org/site/adboecdanticorruptioninitiative/39365414.pdf.

Panama X Code of Criminal Procedure (as 

amended May 27, 2013), art. 518 (I), 

http://www.asamblea.gob.pa/APPS/LE

GISPAN/PDF_NORMAS/2010/2013/2

013_603_3537.PDF.

Papua New 

Guinea

The Minister for Justice may refuse to 

extradite a citizen of Papua 

New Guinea.

Extradition Act 2005, § 35(2)(d), http:// 

www.paclii.org/pg/legis/consol_act/ea2

005149/. 

Paraguay X Code of Criminal Procedure, 1998, art. 

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_files/Coleccion_de_Derecho_Penal_T

omoIII.pdf (in Spanish). 

Peru X 1993 Political Constitution art. 37, 

http://spij.minjus.gob.pe/CLP/contenido

s.dll?f=templates&fn=defaultconstitucion.htm&vid=Ciclope:CLPde

mo; Code of Criminal Procedure 2004, 

arts. 516 & 517, http://spij.minjus.gob 

.pe/CLP/contenidos.dll?f=templates&fn

=default-nuevocodprocpenal.htm&vid 

=Ciclope:CLPdemo (both in Spanish).

Poland Only allowed if a request for 

extradition was made by a foreign 

state or an international judicial body 

based on an international treaty 

ratified by Poland or based on a 

statute implementing a legal 

instrument enacted by an international 

organization of which Poland is a 

member. Other conditions, such as 

that the crime be committed outside of 

Poland but would be prosecuted if 

committed in Poland, apply except for 

cases of genocide, crimes against 

humanity, war crimes, or crimes of 

aggression, as covered by 

international law. 

Constitution of the Republic of Poland, 

Apr. 2, 1997, art. 55, http://www 

.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon

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Portugal X Constitution art. 33(1), http://www 

.parlamento.pt/Legislacao/Paginas/Con

stituicaoRepublicaPortuguesa.aspx

(in Portuguese).

Qatar X Law 23-2004 on Criminal Procedure 

art. 409, http://www.gcc-legal.org/Moj 

PortalPublic/DisplayLegislations.aspx?

country=3&LawTreeSectionID=7658

(in Arabic).

Romania Romanian citizens can be extradited 

based on international agreements to 

which Romania is a party, according 

to the law and on a mutual basis.

Under the Declaration to the European 

Convention on Extradition, Romanian 

citizens may not be extradited. 

Exceptions may be made in 

accordance with reciprocal 

agreements if (a) any resulting 

sentence will be served in Romania; 

(b) the Romanian citizen has his 

residence in the requesting State at the 

date of the formulation of the request 

for extradition; (c) the Romanian 

Constitution of Romania, Nov. 21, 

1991, art. 19, § 2, http://www.cdep.ro 

/pls/dic/site.page?den=act2_2&par1=2#

t2c1s0a19; “Declaration contained in a 

Note verbale from the Permanent 

Representation of Romania, dated 7 

July 2006, registered at the Secretariat 

General on July 17, 2006, List of 

Declarations Made with Respect to 

Treaty No. 024 [European Convention 

on Extradition]: Romania, http://con 

ventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/Liste

Declarations.asp?NT=024&CM=1&CL

=ENG&VL=1 (status as of June 

18, 2013).

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citizen has also the citizenship of the 

requesting State; and (d) the 

Romanian citizen allegedly committed 

the crime in the territory or against a 

citizen of a Member State of the 

European Union, if the requesting 

country is an EU Member.

Any person for whom asylum was 

granted in Romania may not 

be extradited.

Russia X Constitution of the Russian Federation 

art. 61, http://www.constitution.ru/en 

/10003000-03.htm.

Saint 

Christopher 

and Nevis

X Extradition Act, LAWS OF SAINT 

CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS, Ch. 4:08 

(Rev. Dec. 2002), incorporating the 

United Kingdom Extradition Acts, 

1870, as amended in 1873, http://www. 

legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1873/60/pdfs/

ukpga_18730060_en.pdf.

Saint Lucia X St. Lucia: Extradition Act No. 12 

(1986), available at http://www.oas.org 

/juridico/MLA/en/lca/en_lca-ext-law1986.pdf.

Samoa The Minister of Justice may refuse to 

extradite a citizen of Samoa.

Relevant Law: Extradition Act 1974, § 

11(6), http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis 

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/consol_act_2012/ea1974149/.

São Tomé e 

Príncipe

X Constitution art. 41(1), http://www2 

.camara.gov.br/saotomeeprincipe/consti

tuicao/constituicao-da-republicademocratica-de-s.tome-e

(in Portuguese).

Saudi Arabia X Constitution, Mar. 1, 1992, art. 42, 

http://www.saudiembassy.net/about/cou

ntry-information/laws/The_Basic 

_Law_Of_Governance.aspx.

Serbia X While the extradition of citizens is 

prohibited by legislation it is no longer 

a constitutional principle.

Law on Mutual Assistance in Criminal 

Matters, OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE 

REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, No. 20/09, arts. 1, 

16, http://www.mpravde.gov.rs/en 

/tekst/1701/criminal-matter.php; UN 

General Assembly, International Law 

Commission, The Obligation to 

Extradite or Prosecute (aut dedere 

aut judicare): Comments and 

Information Received from 

Governments, U.N.

Doc.A/CN.4/579/Add.2 (June 5, 2007), 

http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/documentation

/english/a_cn4_579_add2.pdf.

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Seychelles X Extradition Act 19, 1991, §§ 5 & 6, V 

LAWS OF SEYCHELLES, Cap. 78 (rev. ed. 

1991), available at http://www.seylii 

.org/sc/legislation/consolidated-act/78.

Sierra Leone Allowed but only if either (1) the 

Attorney-General approves, or (2) the 

citizen fugitive is sought for 

extradition by a Commonwealth 

country and is also a citizen of 

that country. 

Extradition Act, 1974, § 20, CV 

SUPPLEMENT TO THE SIERRA LEONE 

GAZETTE, No. 87 (Nov. 21, 1974), 

available at http://www.sierra-leone 

.org/Laws/1974-11.pdf.

Singapore No clear prohibition in the law. Extradition Act, ch. 103, as amended 

through Sept. 29, 2007, http://statutes 

.agc.gov.sg (search by chapter number).

Slovakia X Constitution of the Slovac Republic, 

Sept. 1, 1992, art. 23.4, http://www.slo 

vakia.org/sk-constitution.htm.

Slovenia Allowed only under a treaty by which 

Slovenia has transferred the exercise 

of part of its sovereign rights to an 

international organization. 

Constitution of the Republic of 

Slovenia, Dec. 23, 1991, art. 47, 

available at http://www.pf.uni-mb.si 

/datoteke/janja/Angleska%20PT/angles

ko-slovenska_urs.pdf.

Solomon The relevant Minister may refuse to Extradition Act 2010, § 19(2)(b), 

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Islands extradite a citizen of the 

Solomon Islands.

available at http://www.paclii.org/sb 

/legis/num_act/ea2010149/.

South Africa X Extradition Act 67, 1962, § 3, 8 

STATUTES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH 

AFRICA (rev. ed. 2012), http://www 

.justice.gov.za/legislation/acts/1962-

067.pdf.

South Sudan No relevant law could be located.

Sri Lanka X Extradition Law, No. 8, 1977, available 

at http://www.oecd.org/site/adboecd 

anti-corruptioninitiative/39370394.pdf: 

Extradition Amendment Act, No. 48, 

1999, available at http://www.oecd 

.org/site/adboecdanti-corruption 

initiative/39370713.pdf.

Spain Citizens are handed over to other 

Member States of the European Union 

in response to an EAW. In such cases, 

surrender may be permitted under the 

condition that the Spanish national 

must return to Spain for the execution 

of the punishment or sanction, in case 

of conviction in the 

requesting country. 

Law on Passive Extradition, 1985, art. 

3, http://www.boe.es/buscar/pdf 

/1985/BOE-A-1985-4816-consolidado 

.pdf (in Spanish); Organic Law 3/2003, 

Mar. 14, 2003, implementing the 

European Arrest Warrant, art. 11.2, 

http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2003/03/17/

pdfs/A10244-10258.pdf.

Sudan Permitted if a magistrate judge finds Law on Extradition, 1957, art. 9(2) & 

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proof that the Sudanese citizen 

is guilty.

10(1), http://www.parliament.gov.sd 

/ar/activity/view_law.php?law_id=46

(in Arabic).

Swaziland X Fugitive Offenders (Commonwealth) 

Act No. 9, 1969, §§ 3 & 6, VII 

SUPPLEMENT TO THE SWAZILAND 

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, No. 352 (May 

16, 1969). 

Sweden Allowed to states in the Nordic 

Region or the European Union, under 

Swedish law or an EAW. Surrender of 

Swedish nationals permitted under 

Swedish law, for example, predicated 

on the law of the issuing state 

prescribing a custodial penalty for the 

offense in question. Under the EAW 

Decision, surrender may only be 

granted, for example, for acts 

corresponding to an offense under 

Swedish law for which a custodial 

sentence of one year or more is 

prescribed by the issuing state’s law.

Lag (1957:668) om utlämning för brot 

[Act (1957:668) on Extradition] (Dec. 

6, 1957, as last amended by SFS 

2012:573), § 2, http://62.95.69.15/cgibin/thw?%24%7BHTML%7D=sfst_lst

&%24%7BOOHTML%7D=sfst_dok&

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4%7BBASE%7D=SFST&%24%7BTR

IPSHOW%7D=format%3DTHW&BE

T=1957%3A668%24; Lag (2011:1165) 

om överlämnande från Sverige enligt en 

nordisk arresteringsorder [Act 

(2011:1165) on Surrender from Sweden 

According to a Nordic Arrest Warrant] 

(Nov. 24, 2011), http://www.riksdagen 

.se/sv/Dokument-Lagar/Lagar/Svensk 

forfattningssamling/Lag-20111165-omoverlamnand_sfs-2011-1165/; Lag 

(2003:1156) om överlämnande från 

Sverige enligt en europeisk 

arresteringsorder [Act on Surrender 

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from Sweden According to the 

European Arrest Warrant] (Dec. 18, 

2003, in force Jan. 1, 2004; as last 

amended by SFS 2013:128, Mar. 14, 

2013), available at http://www.notisum 

.se/rnp/sls/lag/20031156.HTM.

Switzerland X Bundesgesetz über internationale 

Rechtshilfe in Strafsachen (Federal Act 

on International Legal Assistance in 

Criminal Matters), Mar. 20, 1981, as 

amended, SYSTEMATISCHE SAMMLUNG 

DES BUNDESRECHTS 351.1, art. 7, http:// 

www.admin.ch/opc/de/classifiedcompilation/19810037/index.html.

Syria X Constitution, 2012, art. 38(2), http:// 

parliament.sy/forms/new_laws/viewNe

w_laws.php?law_id=37 (in Arabic).

Taiwan X Law of Extradition, July 4, 1980, art. 4, 

http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/La

wAll.aspx?PCode=I0030001.

Tajikistan X Constitution of Tajikistan, Nov. 6, 

1994, art. 16, http://mmk.tj/ru/leg 

islation/legislation-base/constitution/

(in Russian).

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Tanzania X Extradition Act, 1965, §§ 2, 4 & 11, IX 

LAWS OF TANZANIA, Cap. 368 (rev. ed. 

2002), Law Reform Commission of 

Tanzania website at http://www.lrct. 

go.tz/?wpfb_dl=152.

Thailand X Extradition Act, B.E. 2551 (2008), 

available at http://www.samuiforsale 

.com/law-texts/extradiction-act-2008-

thai-law-translation.html.

Timor Leste X Constitution, art. 35(4), http://timorleste.gov.tl/?cat=37&lang=en.

Togo X Extradition Treaty of the Economic 

Community of West African States, art. 

10, Aug. 1, 1994, http://www.icpat.org 

/index.php/documentation-a-articlesmainmenu-97/doc_download/21-

ecowas-extradition-document&sa 

=U&ei=44nRUZL6ILfG4AOIpoFQ&v

ed=0CB8QFjAA&usg=AFQjCNFvwy7

ACqBwT3Mlnmvsjzz5-YYGaQ.

Tonga X Extradition Act, Cap. 22, available at

http://www.paclii.org/to/legis/consol_a

ct/ea149/.

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Trinidad and 

Tobago

Extradition (Commonwealth and 

Foreign Territories) Act, ch. 12:04, 

LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, Act 

36 of 1985, as amended, available at

http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/me

sicic3_tto_extradition.pdf.

Tunisia X Criminal Procedure Code, 1968, art. 

310, available at http://www.jurisite 

tunisie.com/tunisie/codes/cpp/cpp1235.

htm (in French).

Turkey Not allowed except under obligations 

due to being a party to the 

International Criminal Court.

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasasi 

[Constitution of the Republic of 

Turkey], Law No. 2709 (Nov. 7, 1982, 

as last amended by Law No. 6214, Mar. 

29, 2011), art. 38, ¶ 10, http://www.tb 

mm.gov.tr/anayasa/anayasa_2011.pdf

(in Turkish), and http://www.byegm 

.gov.tr/content.aspx?s=tcotrot (in 

English); Türk Ceza Kanunu (Sept. 26, 

2004, as last amended by Law No. 

6462, May 3, 2013), http://www.mev 

zuat.gov.tr/Metin.Aspx?MevzuatKod=1

.5.5237&sourceXmlSearch=&MevzuatI

liski=0; Criminal Code, Law No. 5237 

(Sept. 26, 2004), art. 18 ¶ 2, available at

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/action/popup/id/6872/preview.

Turkmenistan X Constitution of Turkmenistan, May 18, 

1992, art. 7, available at http://www 

.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=113

74.

Tuvalu The Prime Minister may refuse to 

extradite a citizen of Tuvalu. 

Extradition Act 2004, § 19(2)(b), 

available at http://www.paclii.org/tv 

/legis/num_act/ea2004149/.

Uganda X Extradition Act, 1964, § 1, 6 LAWS OF 

UGANDA, Cap. 117 (rev. ed. 2000), 

available at http://www.ulii.org/ug/leg 

islation/consolidated-act/117.

Ukraine X Constitution of Ukraine, June 28, 1996, 

art. 25, http://www.president.gov.ua/en 

/content/chapter02.html.

United Arab 

Emirates

X Constitution, Dec 2, 1971, art. 38, 

http://www.uaecabinet.ae/English/UAE

Government/Pages/ConstitutionOfUAE

.aspx.

United 

Kingdom

X Extradition Act 2003, c. 41, http://www 

.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/41/cont

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Uruguay X Criminal Code, arts. 13, 14, http://www 

.parlamento.gub.uy/Codigos/CodigoPen

al/l1t1.htm; Code of Criminal 

Procedure Law 15032/ 1980, art. 32 

http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/Ac

cesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=16893&Anchor

(both in Spanish).

Uzbekistan X Code of Criminal Procedure of the 

Republic of Uzbekistan, Sept. 22, 1994, 

art. 603, http://www.parliament.gov.uz 

/upload/files/laws/UPKODEKS.pdf

(in Russian).

Vanuatu The Attorney-General may refuse to 

extradite a citizen of Vanuatu.

Extradition Act 2002, § 17(2)(d), 

available at http://www.paclii.org/vu 

/legis/num_act/ea2002149/.

Venezuela X Political Constitution, 2000, art. 29, 

http://www.tsj.gov.ve/legislacion/consti

tucion1999.htm (in Spanish).

Vietnam X Criminal Procedure Code, No. 

19/2003/QH11 of Nov. 26, 2003, arts 

343 & 344, http://vbqppl.moj.gov.vn 

/vbpq/en/Lists/Vn%20bn%20php%20lu

t/View_Detail.aspx?ItemID=8236. 

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Yemen X Constitution of the Republic of Yemen, 

2001, art. 45, available at http://www 

.refworld.org/topic,50ffbce5220,50ffbc

e522c,3fc4c1e94,0,,,YEM.html.

Zambia Allowed only as specifically provided 

for in extradition provisions.

Extradition Act of 1968, § 34, 7 LAWS 

OF ZAMBIA, Cap. 94 (rev. ed. 1995), 

available at http://www.refworld.org 

/pdfid/3ae6b4d418.pdf.

Zimbabwe Allowed if the request for extradition 

is accompanied by “such evidence as 

would establish a prima facie case in a 

court of law in Zimbabwe that the 

person concerned has committed or 

has been convicted of the offence 

concerned in the foreign country.” 

Extradition Act of 1982, §§ 3, 4 & 6, 1

STATUTE LAW OF ZIMBABWE, Cap. 9:08 

(rev. ed. 1996), available at http://www 

.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b59b4.html. 

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