Home Affairs - First Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 28 November 2002.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
SUMMARY
EFFECT OF THE EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT
APPLICATION OF THE BILL
Designating states as category 1 or category
2 territories
PART 1EXTRADITION TO PART 1 TERRITORIES
Excluding dual criminality
Incorporating the 32 categories of offence
directly into the Bill
Who may issue a Part 1 warrant
Information required to be included in
a European Arrest Warrant
Specialty
PART 2EXTRADITION TO CATEGORY
2 TERRITORIES
Exemption from the prima facie case requirement
Relaxing evidential requirements for
establishing a prima facie case
ISSUES RELATING TO BOTH PART 1 AND PART
2 OF THE BILL
Death penalty as an absolute bar to extradition
A Provision for death penalty country
to be designated a category 1 territory
B Written assurance that death penalty
will not be imposed or carried out
Issues relating to arrest
A Delegated power to designate
"appropriate person"
B Arrested person must ask before
warrant is required to be shown
C Requirement to inform arrested person
of contents of a European Arrest Warrant
D Arrested person's ability
to consent to extradition
ISSUES RELATING TO THE BILL AS A WHOLE
Repealing or amending the present law
on extradition
ISSUES WITH THE DRAFT BILL THAT HAVE
SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN RESOLVED
Detaining suspect for up to seven days
following withdrawal of warrant or request
Lack of bar to extradition for political
offences, and extradition requests motivated by race, religion,
nationality or political opinions
Mental and physical health as a bar to
extradition
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEX: CROSS-REFERENCE LIST OF CLAUSE NUMBERS
TO AREAS OF
CONCERN
APPENDICES
A. Current extradition practice
B. The UK's current extradition partners
C. The model European Arrest Warrant
D. Article 2.2 of the European Arrest Warrant
framework decision (listing the "32 offences")
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO
THE REPORT
LIST OF WITNESSES
LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
EVIDENCE
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