Extradition Requirements in the UAE
Extradition in the UAE is a fairly well-known concept, supported by a developed legal framework.
At high level, extradition is defined as:
· A form of Judicial Cooperation between Countries,
· By which one Country will surrender to another Country, a person, who is either: 1) accused or 2) convicted, under the requesting country’s laws,
· For that person to 1) attend trial or 2) serve a sentence.
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Under the UAE Extradition Law, which is the Federal Law №39 of 2006, the UAE may accept an extradition request, upon the following conditions:
1. The extradition request must based on a crime, that is punishable by the law of the requesting Country, by at least one (1) year of imprisonment or a stricter punishment.
2. The extradition request is for the accused individual, whose remaining sentencing time at least six (6) months.
3. Importantly, there is no requirement for the crime or the act to be considered a crime in both Countries, including in the UAE.
4. Also, the elements that constitute such a crime do not have to be the same.
5. Nor does the name of the crime have to be the same.
This is in line with, in particular, Article №7 of the UAE Extradition Law.
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