Extradition Reform

Extradition procedures internationally put innocent people at risk of deportation to countries where they face torture and human rights abuses.

Extradition proceedings have become a tool of political persecution, harassment and intimidation of debtors, and a means of broadening the jurisdiction of authoritarian regimes around the world.  Whether initiated via Interpol or undertaken through direct requests between states, the extradition process is increasingly being used to circumvent due process and abuse accepted norms of international relations; leaving innocent people and fundamental human rights principles unprotected.