The extradition process is subject to regional and international law. It refers to an action wherein one sovereign jurisdiction (requested State) delivers a person either acquitted or convicted of an international crime to the law enforcement of another jurisdiction (requesting State) upon their official request.
Compliance with an extradition request involves transferring the physical custody of the accused person to the recognized legal authority of the requesting jurisdiction.
The Federal law no. 39 of 2006 on the ‘Mutual judicial cooperation in criminal matters’ lays down the framework for the extradition process in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is also a signatory to various bilateral treaties for judicial cooperation with numerous countries such as China, France, United Kingdom, India, Australia, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, etc. UAE is also a signatory to the ‘Riyadh Arab Convention on Judicial cooperation’ with the nations of Algeria, Libya, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Tunisia, Lebanon, Morocco and Jordan.
Pursuant to the bilateral treaty signed between the UAE and China in 2008, extradition measures are initiated by both states based on the ‘reciprocity’ principle. An extradition request issued to the UAE by the Chinese government will be accepted by the UAE authorities if the following grounds are satisfied:
Challenging an extradition request in the UAE: The extradition process in the UAE allows for a challenge to be put forward for extradition by making the request through the following entities as per the order of authority and procedure: The local law enforcement authorities, the Public prosecution office, the court of appeals, the Cassation Courts, the Ministry of Justice.
It may also be understood that pursuant to Article 9 of the UAE Extradition law, there exists ten specific grounds upon which an extradition request will be rejected in the UAE:
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