Extradition

Law - international law - jurisdiction - criminal law.

Extradition is when one state legally surrenders an individual to another state's authorities.

The individual has been accused - or convicted - of an offence under the laws of the state to which they are being extradited.

One state's government makes a formal demand - or request - for extradition from the other.

Extradition generally requires an extradition treaty to be in place between the two states.

See also

• Blocking Regulation
• Bribery Act
• Contract
• Criminal law
• Extraterritorial
• Extraterritorial jurisdiction
• Governing law
• International law
• Jurisdiction
• Law
• Private international law
• Proper law
• Regime
• Resident
• State
• Treaty