Extradition

The Supreme Court has referred a question to the European Court of Justice concerning its obligations in respect of a man requested to be surrendered to the UK for alleged terrorism offences. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Ms Justice Marie Baker considered that: “Mere evidence of d

The Irish government will seek to negotiate an extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) despite concerns raised by human rights campaigners, according to reports. There have been calls from some quarters for Ireland to follow Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands in striking an agreemen

Justice minister Helen McEntee this morning discussed a possible new bilateral extradition treaty with her UAE counterpart despite previous objections from human rights campaigners. Human rights lawyer Radha Stirling, who heads up campaign group Detained in Dubai, warned in September that "any such

The Department of Justice has issued a scam warning following the circulation of fraudulent letters relating to extradition.

Human rights campaigners have sounded a note of caution amid calls for Ireland to sign a bilateral extradition agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Barry Andrews, a Fianna Fáil MEP for Dublin, last week said Ireland should follow Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands in striking an a

The extradition of a man from the UK to the USA to face trial for drug dealing and trafficking — with the possibility of being sentenced to life imprisonment without parole — would not violate his human rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. In the Grand Chamber ju

Northern Ireland’s High Court has allowed the extradition of an applicant from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland after he breached his parole license terms. The court rejected his claim that Northern Ireland should not have jurisdiction over crimes committed in Ireland, and found tha

The Supreme Court has determined that it will hear an appeal relating to the surrender of a man to Lithuania where the State had failed to implement Framework Directive 2008/909/JHA. In the determination delivered by the court yesterday, it was noted that the High Court appeared to have been led int

Northern Ireland's High Court has rejected all grounds of appeal against an extradition warrant to Poland. Although Poland’s courts had a "general systemic deficiency", the court held that this did not create a presumption that the applicant would be denied a fair trial. The applicant, Kamil C

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal brought by a man seeking to avoid surrender to Lithuania on foot of a European arrest warrant. It was alleged that the appellant acquired and smuggled firearms from Lithuania into Ireland for the Real Irish Republican Army. The appellant argued that his surr

Legislation to bring Irish law in line with the requirements of the European arrest warrant system has made progress in the Dáil. The European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022 addresses issues identified in formal EU infringement proceedings initiated by the European Commission against Ir

The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal against the surrender of a man to Poland to serve a sentence for minor drugs offences due to delay. The man had a suspended sentence for offences dating back to 1999, which he was ordered to serve in 2006. However, a European Arrest Warrant was not issued unti

Scotland's High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against extradition by an Irish citizen who claimed he was at risk of having to “slop out” the chamber pot of his prison cell if he were returned to Ireland to serve a custodial sentence. It was argued by Kevin McGourty that there

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is set to rule in November on whether extraditions between EU member states and the UK must go ahead following Brexit. A case referred to the court by the Irish Supreme Court seeks to clarify whether the surrender provisions of the Withdrawal Agreeme

The Supreme Court has referred a case to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in which the appellants challenged the legal basis for their surrender to the UK on foot of a European arrest warrant. The appellants had claimed that the EAW system between Ireland and the UK was invalid beca