Lujambio Galdeano

Abstract

Extradition — Political offence — Definition — Request for extradition for terrorist offences — Offences committed within framework of Basque struggle for independence and as part of organized armed group — Whether constituting political offences — Relevance of gravity of offences including murder — Circumstances in which claim to refugee status might constitute a bar to extradition — Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees, 1951, Article 1(F)(b) — Whether extradition requested for a political purpose

Aliens — Refugees — Refugee status — Grounds for denial — Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees, 1951, Article 1(F)(b) — Commission of serious non-political crime outside country of refuge — Whether providing grounds for denial of refugee status

Extradition — Conditions — Specialty — Terrorist offence — Classification as “murder by organized armed groups” — Whether equivalent to simple categorization as murder — The law of France