Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00524:section:16:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00524
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16 (pt 3/9)
Character Range: 26451–29233

the crimes set forth in article 2 has been committed against an internationally protected person, any State Party which has information concerning the victim and the circumstances of the crime shall endeavour to transmit it, under the conditions provided for in its internal law, fully and promptly to the State Party on whose behalf he was exercising his functions.

Article 6
1. Upon being satisfied that the circumstances so warrant, the State Party in whose territory the alleged offender is present shall take the appropriate measures under its internal law so as to ensure his presence for the purpose of prosecution or extradition. Such measures shall be notified without delay directly or through the Secretary‑General of the United Nations to:
     (a) the State where the crime was committed;
     (b) the State or States of which the alleged offender is a national or, if he is a stateless person, in whose territory he permanently resides;
     (c) the State or States of which the internationally protected person concerned is a national or on whose behalf he was exercising his functions;
     (d) all other States concerned; and
     (e) the international organization of which the internationally protected person concerned is an official or an agent.
2. Any person regarding whom the measures referred to in paragraph 1 of this article are being taken shall be entitled:
     (a) to communicate without delay with the nearest appropriate representative of the State of which he is a national or which is otherwise entitled to protect his rights or, if he is a stateless person, which he requests and which is willing to protect his rights; and
     (b) to be visited by a representative of that State.

Article 7
The State Party in whose territory the alleged offender is present shall, if it does not extradite him, submit, without exception whatsoever and without undue delay, the case to its competent authorities for the purpose of prosecution, through proceedings in accordance with the laws of that State.

Article 8
1. To the extent that the crimes set forth in article 2 are not listed as extraditable offences in any extradition treaty existing between States Parties, they shall be deemed to be included as such therein. States Parties undertake to include those crimes as extraditable offences in every future extradition treaty to be concluded between them.
2. If a State Party which makes extradition conditional on the existence of a treaty receives a request for extradition from another State Party with which it has no extradition treaty, it may, if it decides to extradite, consider this Convention as the legal basis for extradition in respect of those crimes. Extradition shall be subject to the procedural provisions and the other conditions