Preparatory measures to be taken to achieve the conclusion of a European Convention on Extradition

Recommendation 16 (1951)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

This Recommendation was adopted by the Assembly at its Thirty-sixth Sitting, 8th December, 1951 (See Doc. 96, Report of the Committee on Legal and Administrative Questions).

The Assembly,

Considering the necessity for the conclusion of a European Convention on Extradition with a view to the punishment of those committing crimes on the territory of one of the Members of the Council of Europe and taking refuge in the territory of another Member :

Considering that it is desirable by common action to improve the existing system of granting and refusing extradition ;

Recommends to the Committee of Ministers

a that the Governments of the Members be invited to submit their views to the Secretary-General, within three months, upon the desirability of concluding a European Convention on Extradition (based on the memorandum of the Secretariat-General) and upon the form and content of such a Convention,

b that the Committee of Ministers nominate five legal experts who, together with five members appointed by the Committee on Legal and Administrative Questions, would constitute a mixed committee entrusted with the examination of the replies and the preparation of a Draft European Convention on Extradition.