Report 177

February 2018

© Commonwealth of Australia 2018
ISBN: 978-1-74366-768-2

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Executive Summary

Abbreviations

Members

  Committee Secretariat

Terms of Reference

List of Recommendations

1. Introduction

  Purpose of the report
  Conduct of the Committee’s review

2. Background

  History of extradition and mutual legal assistance
  The inquiry

3. The Proposed Treaties

  Proposed Extradition Treaty
  Proposed Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty

4. Issues

  Torture
  No evidence standard
  Judicial independence
  Death Penalty
  Extraterritorial offences
  Monitoring extradited persons
  Conclusion

A. List of Submissions

B. List of Witnesses

Dissenting Report

Committee Secretariat contact:

Committee Secretary
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
PO Box 6021
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 4002
jsct@aph.gov.au