Tuesday, April 1, 2003
Volume:
19
Issue:
4
131
Abstract:
Practical problems inherent in the inter-state mechanism of delivering up offenders are almost as old as extradition itself. No one knows them better than law enforcement officers as well as public prosecutors and the employees of the criminal justice system (especially judges and magistrates) for whom the mounting obstacles on the way towards effective prosecution are often a major source of frustration. The efforts undertaken so far to improve the situation by modernizing the procedure and updating the existing legal instruments, have achieved limited results. One of the major problems has been the diversity of legal systems and practice among the states. It was, therefore, felt that any more significant and meaningful results can only be possible on a regional scale, that is, restricted to countries that are closer and whose ties include common tradition and culture as well as shared values…[more]