The Legal Framework of Extradition Defense
Extradition — the transfer of a person to a foreign state for criminal prosecution — is a strictly regulated procedure governed by the law on extradition, international treaties and individual agreements, and it contains several negative preconditions that determine whether a transfer is possible at all. The effectiveness of the defense often depends on how early counsel enters the process: from the moment of arrest, deadlines begin to run. This page explains which offenses are subject to extradition, which circumstances exclude transfer, how arrest and extradition custody proceed, and the rules of court examination and appeal.