The fight against today's new forms of criminality,

across Europe and beyond, can only succeed if we

have the necessary tools, in particular through

effective mechanisms dealing with extradition.

For over fifty years, the Council of Europe has

been developing a set of instruments dealing with

extradition, be it in the form of conventions or

resolutions and recommendations to member

states.

This publication presents notes and comments on

the Council of Europe's legal instruments on

extradition. It includes the current status of the

case law of the European Court of Human Rights

on extradition matters and on other transnational

criminal proceedings. It also brings together the

non-binding instruments on extradition adopted

by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers.

Practitioners, policy makers and researchers

dealing with extradition matters will find this

publication a useful and up-to-date reference

document.