Additional protocol to the European convention on extradition
Article 1 [Political offences]
Geldend
Geldend vanaf 20-08-1979
- Bronpublicatie:
15-10-1975, Trb. 1979, 119 (uitgifte: 14-08-1979, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Inwerkingtreding
20-08-1979
- Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:
15-10-1975, Trb. 1979, 119 (uitgifte: 14-08-1979, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Vakgebied(en)
Internationaal publiekrecht / Verdragenrecht
Strafprocesrecht / Algemeen
For the application of Article 3 of the Convention, political offences shall not be considered to include the following:
- a.
the crimes against humanity specified in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide adopted on 9 December 1948 by the General Assembly of the United Nations;
- b.
the violations specified in Article 50 of the 1949 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, Article 51 of the 1949 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, Article 130 of the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War and Article 147 of the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War;
- c.
any comparable violations of the laws of war having effect at the time when this Protocol enters into force and of customs of war existing at that time, which are not already provided for in the above-mentioned provisions of the Geneva Conventions.