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  • European Convention on Extradition

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on european convention on extradition explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "extradition, european convention on" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic […]

  • European Convention on Human Rights

    Introduction The European Convention on Human Rights was a reaction against the horrific abuses of human rights that took place before and during the Second World War, followed by further abuses occurring within the newly formed Communist block. These led, in 1949, due in part to the […]

  • Extradition

    Introduction to Extradition Extradition, in law, surrender by one sovereign power to another of a fugitive from justice. Between nations, the right of one power to demand of another the extradition of a fugitive accused of crime, and the duty of the country in which the fugitive has found […]

  • Extradition History

    Extradition History Introduction The U. S. Supreme Court, in United States v. Rauscher (1886), expressed the dominant doctrine in the United States then: “It is only in modem times that the nations of the earth have imposed upon themselves the obligation of delivering up these fugitives from justice to the States where their crimes were…

  • Buenos Aires Draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage 2

    Buenos Aires Draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage   Article 10: Seizure of Heritage 1. Subject to Article 9, on the request of any Party or on its own initiative, each State Party, in accordance with its constitutional procedures, shall seize any underwater cultural heritage brought within its territory, directly or…

  • European Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property

    European Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property   Part I Definitions Article 1 For the purposes of this Convention: a. “offence”comprises acts dealt with under the criminal law and those dealt with under the legal provisions listed in Appendix I to this Convention on condition that where an administrative authority is competent to deal…

  • Convention on the Protection of the Archeological, Historical, and Artistic Heritage of the American Nations

    Convention on the Protection of the Archeological, Historical, and Artistic Heritage of the American Nations   Article 1 The purpose of this Convention is to identify, register, protect, and safeguard the property making up the cultural heritage of the American nations in order: (a) to prevent illegal exportation or importation of cultural property, and (b)…

  • Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption

    Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and the Additional Protocol Title of Treaty Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption. The Additional Protocol on arbitrators and jurors also forms part of this Command Paper. About the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption The Convention was opened for signature on 27 January 1999. It…

  • Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism

    Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism 1. The purpose of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism hereafter “the Convention” is to “enhance the efforts of Parties in preventing terrorism and its negative effects on the full enjoyment of human rights, in particular the right to life, both by…

  • United Nations Convention Against Corruption

    Treaties : United Nations Convention Against Corruption On 14 December 2005 the United Nations Convention Against Corruption entered into force. The Convention seeks to prevent and combat corrupt practices of public officials, and, in some instances, the Convention also addresses corruption in the private sector. Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in October 2003,…

  • International Refugee Law

    International Refugee Law International law: the refugee See International law and refugee conventions: States parties 1. International Instruments Basic instruments 1946 Constitution of the International Refugee Organization Extracts 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Extracts 1950 Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of…

  • International Refugee Law

    International Refugee Law International law: the refugee See International law and refugee conventions: States parties 1. International Instruments Basic instruments 1946 Constitution of the International Refugee Organization Extracts 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Extracts 1950 Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of…

  • Legal System

    International Legal System Scholars and judicial decisions have characterized the international legal system as a system of equal and sovereign nation states whose actions are limited only by rules freely accepted as legally binding. [1] Brierly defines international law as ‘the body […]

  • Legal System

    International Legal System Scholars and judicial decisions have characterized the international legal system as a system of equal and sovereign nation states whose actions are limited only by rules freely accepted as legally binding. [1] Brierly defines international law as ‘the body […]

  • Judicial Cooperation

    In relation to Inter-American Treaties, Conventions and Agreements adopted within the framework of the OAS The Organization of American States (a list of Members of the Organization of American States is here) adopted the following international instruments regarding Judicial Cooperation, […]