{"id":200058,"date":"2019-01-30T03:53:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T08:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=200058"},"modified":"2019-01-30T03:53:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T08:53:40","slug":"a-look-at-the-process-canada-follows-in-response-to-an-extradition-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/30\/a-look-at-the-process-canada-follows-in-response-to-an-extradition-request\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at the process Canada follows in response to an extradition request"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Extradition Act provides Ottawa with the legal basis to extradite people located in Canada who are sought by an extradition partner. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OTTAWA \u2014 Canada’s Department of Justice, through its International Assistance Group, helps\u00a0Canadian\u00a0and foreign police and prosecutors by extraditing people to face prosecution or sentencing in the country in which they are charged or convicted.<\/p>\n

The Extradition Act provides Ottawa with the legal basis to extradite people located in Canada who are sought by an extradition partner. Those partners include:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Countries, such as the United States, with which Canada has an extradition agreement (a bilateral treaty or a multilateral convention);<\/p>\n

\u2014 Countries with which Canada has entered into a case-specific agreement; or<\/p>\n

\u2014 Countries or international courts whose names appear in the schedule to the Extradition Act.<\/p>\n

In all cases, the conduct for which extradition is sought must be considered criminal in both the requesting country and in Canada.<\/p>\n

There are three key stages to the\u00a0Canadian\u00a0extradition process:<\/p>\n

\u2014 The justice minister must first determine whether to authorize the start of extradition proceedings in the\u00a0Canadian\u00a0courts by issuing what’s known as an \u201cAuthority to Proceed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Once an Authority to Proceed has been issued, the\u00a0Canadian\u00a0courts must determine whether there is sufficient evidence to justify the person’s committal for extradition. When someone is committed for extradition, the justice minister must personally decide whether to order the person’s surrender to the foreign state.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Someone sought for extradition may appeal their committal and seek judicial review of the minister’s surrender order \u2014 a process that can play out for months or even years in the courts.<\/p>\n

(Source:\u00a0Canadian\u00a0Department of Justice)<\/p>\n

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