OP-ED: The legal complexities surrounding the extradition (or not) of Julian Assange

  • 📰 dailymaverick
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 50 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 23%
  • Publisher: 84%

South Africa Headlines News

South Africa Latest News,South Africa Headlines

OP-ED: The legal complexities surrounding the extradition (or not) of Julian Assange By Anton Katz & Eshed Cohen

Extradition is the procedure by which a nation-state, upon receipt of a formal request by another state, turns over to that second jurisdiction an individual charged with or convicted of a crime in that jurisdiction. It is a bilateral event between two nation states. It is a key feature of states’ co-operation in criminal matters.

In the absence of an international treaty governing extradition, states have no international legal obligation to extradite a person requested by another state. But the absence of a treaty does not prevent states from extraditing accused or convicted persons requested by another state. That issue will depend on the requested state’s internal laws. South Africa, for example, does permit extradition in the absence of an extradition treaty with the requesting state.

What if both the US and Sweden request the extradition of Assange? Most extradition treaties have an article dealing with conflicting requests.

If the minister decided to extradite a sought person to one state, for example for hacking, when another state sought the person for rape, and the minister did so without considering the seriousness of the rape allegations and South Africa’s obligations to combating crimes like rape, then his decision could be irrational, unconstitutional and unlawful.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 3. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrested in LondonJulian Assange has been taken into custody in Central London.
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrested in LondonJulian Assange has been taken into custody in Central London.
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

UK police arrest WikiLeaks co-founder Julian AssangeAssange was arrested moments after Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said on Twitter the country had withdrawn his diplomatic asylum
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

UK police arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at Ecuador embassy | IOL NewsPolice in London say they've arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy on a court warrant dating back to 2012.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

Julian Assange arrested by British police at Ecuadorean embassyWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police on Thursday after they were invited into the Ecuadorean embassy where he has been holed up since 2012.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested by British policePolice in London say they've arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy on a court warrant dating back to 2012. Instead of arresting those that stab and knive other's letterally they arrest him for simple figularly conniving? Limeys and yanks don't like it when you air their dirty laundry in front of the rest of the world. This guy exposed everybody that screwed other countries and people over. These people have become very desperate to clean their rotten images.
Source: News24 - 🏆 4. / 80 Read more »

Ecuador has illegally terminated Julian Assange political asylum, says WikiLeaks | IOL NewsWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's nearly seven-year stay at Ecuador's embassy in London came to an abrupt end when police arrested him.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

Julian Assange accused of conspiring to break US Defense Dept's password | IOL NewsProsecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia unsealed a conspiracy to commit computer intrusion charge against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

US charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with conspiracyHis London arrest paves the way for his possible extradition to the US, which wants him for trying to access a classified US government computer
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

Julian Assange: Conspiracy theorist proved right?Julian Assange had always denied the Swedish sexual assault claims, saying they were politically motivated and expressing fears of a plot to transfer him to US to face trial there. https://t.me/Dating_Flirting - Sex without obligation - https://bit.ly/34RxuK7 https://bit.ly/3pqNrie - Sex without obligation https://bit.ly/34GSPFv - Sex without obligation in your city == http://latins.xyz - wet dream http://clitxxx.xyz - bisexual http://transvestite.xyz - boob http://xxxed.xyz - asian http://vaginals.xyz - mature http://voyeurisms.xyz - nudist http://thumbed.xyz - vaginal http://xxxcum.xyz - homosexual http://contraceptive.xyz - erotic http://erot.xyz - xxx
Source: ewnupdates - 🏆 30. / 53 Read more »