Extradition of Member of Algerian Irregular Army Case.

Abstract

Extradition — Conditions of — Under treaty between requesting State whose law provides for death penalty and requested State whose law does not — Whether requested State entitled to insist on assurance that death penalty will not be carried out in requesting State — Franco — German Extradition Treaty of November 29, 1951 — The law of Germany.

Extradition — Political crimes — Treaty providing for extradition where political crime involves murder — Member of irregular army fighting for independence — Member of Algerian “National Liberation Forces” — Whether extradition can be refused on ground that prisoner liable to persecution independently of extraditable offence — Right of asylum — Franco-German Extradition Treaty of November 29, 1951 — The law of Germany.