Bar Panel Considers U.S. Extradition Policy and Whether Corrective Legislation Is Needed in the Aftermath of Alvarez-Machain Case to Regularize Rendition Policies

On October 28, 1992, several bar committees sponsored a lively discussion on U.S. extradition policy in the aftermath of the case of U.S. v. Alvarez-Machain. Ralph G. Steinhardt, Associate Professor, George Washington University School of Law summarized the opinion, noting that its holding only provides that the U.S.-Mexico extradition treaty does not forbid abductions. The case, especially the use of international human rights provisions on remand, shows how the use of these arguments are increasingly and innovatively asserted in international criminal law cases…[more]