Background Facts The appellant (‘P’) appealed against an order for his extradition to Romania to serve a sentence of 7 years’ imprisonment for two offences: accessory to aggravated abuse of power and bribery. The convictions stemmed from an alleged conspiracy to transfer a plot of land under State ownership to a private company. P […]
The International Legal Assistance Chamber of the Amsterdam District Court has refused to order the extradition of a 33 year old Polish national to Poland on drug trafficking charges on the grounds that, if extradited, there is a real risk that he will not receive a fair trial. The court cited its own earlier […]
Hungary and Poland have voted to block the EU’s trillion euro budget and coronavirus recovery package over a clause which makes receipt of money from Brussels conditional on Member States’ adherence to the rule of law. Both Hungary and Poland have been subject to criticism and EU internal disciplinary procedures in recent months in response […]
Recent legislative developments in Poland have called into question the independence of the judiciary. In response to this, in September 2020, Dutch courts suspended extradition of requested persons to Poland and referred a question to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) seeking clarification as to whether systemic or generalised deficiencies in a Member […]
Ireland is the latest country to suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in response to the passing of China’s new controversial National Security Law. The new law criminalises, among other things, acts of subversion or undermining the power of authority of central government. The maximum sentence for subversion is life imprisonment. The law also […]
A German court has refused to extradite a Polish citizen wanted to face charges of fraud in Poland. The court issued a press release in the wake of its ruling which said that there were serious doubts about the independence of the judiciary and whether the right to a fair trial was guaranteed in Poland, […]
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