[20061010]RS21633_美国和英国之间的引渡：2003年条约概述.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21633Updated October 10, 2006Extradition Between the United States andGreat Britain: A Sketch of the 2003 Treatyname redactedSenior SpecialistAmerican Law DivisionSummaryFederal court denial of British extradition requests in the cases of four fugitivesfrom Northern Ireland led to the Supplementary Extradition Treaty. The Treaty provedcontroversial, and before the Senate would give its consent, it insisted uponmodifications, some quite unusual. Those modifications have been eliminated in anewly negotiated treaty to which the Senate has recently given its advice and consentand which incorporates features often more characteristic of contemporary extraditiontreaties with other countries.The Senate conditioned its approval of the Treaty upon an understanding, twodeclarations and three provisos which relate to the Treatys treatment of the exceptionfor politically motivated requests and the role of the courts, its changes in the doublejeopardy clause, assurances that the Treaty is not designed to accomplish the extraditionof fugitives from Northern Ireland covered by the