HC Deb 05 July 1999 vol 334 cc325-8W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the countries which do not have an extradition treaty with the United Kingdom. [89175]

Kate Hoey

Details of the United Kingdom's extradition arrangements are not available on this basis. Those countries with whom the United Kingdom has extradition arrangements follow. The Extradition Act 1989 enables special extradition arrangements to be made with foreign states with whom the United Kingdom has no extradition arrangements. In addition, there are a number of international conventions which allow for the extradition of fugitives between ratifying states for certain serious offences, even in the absence of an extradition arrangement.

Countries with bilateral extradition treaties with the United Kingdom (with date of entry into force)

  1. 1. Albania: 1927
  2. 2. Argentina: 1894, 1980
  3. 3. Bolivia: 1898
  4. 4. Brazil: 1997
  5. 5. Chile: 1898
  6. 6. Colombia: 1889
  7. 7. Cuba: 1905
  8. 8. Ecuador: 1886
  9. 9. Guatemala: 1886
  10. 10. Haiti: 1876
  11. 11. Iraq: 1933
  12. 12. Liberia: 1894
  13. 13. Mexico: 1889
  14. 14. Monaco: 1892
  15. 15. Nicaragua: 1906
  16. 16. Panama: 1907
  17. 17. Paraguay: 1911
  18. 18. Peru: 1907
  19. 19. Salvador: 1882
  20. 20. San Marino: 1900
  21. 21. Thailand: 1911
  22. 22. Uruguay: 1885, 1891
  23. 23. USA: 1976, 1986
  24. 24. Yugoslavia: 1901

Commonwealth countries which have been designated by order in council under Section 5(1) of the Extradition Act 1989

  1. 1. Antigua and Barbuda
  2. 2. Australia
  3. 3. The Bahamas
  4. 4. Bangladesh
  5. 5. Barbados
  6. 6. Belize
  7. 7. Botswana
  8. 8. Brunei
  9. 9. Canada
  10. 10. Dominica
  11. 11. Fiji
  12. 12. The Gambia
  13. 13. Ghana
  14. 14. Grenada
  15. 15. Guyana
  16. 16. India
  17. 17. Jamaica
  18. 18. Kenya
  19. 19. Kiribati
  20. 20. Lesotho
  1. 21. Malawi
  2. 22. Malaysia
  3. 23. Maldives
  4. 24. Mauritius
  5. 25. Nauru
  6. 26. New Zealand
  7. 27. Nigeria
  8. 28. Papua New Guinea
  9. 29. St. Kitts and Nevis
  10. 30. St. Lucia
  11. 31. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  12. 32. South Africa
  13. 33. Seychelles
  14. 34. Sierra Leone
  15. 35. Singapore
  16. 36. Solomon Islands
  17. 37. Sri Lanka
  18. 38. Swaziland
  19. 39. Tonga
  20. 40. Tanzania
  21. 41. Trinidad and Tobago
  22. 42. Tuvalu
  23. 43. Uganda
  24. 44. Vanuatu
  25. 45. Western Samoa
  26. 46. Zimbabwe
  27. 47. Zambia

Overseas territories to whom the Extradition Act 1989 applies

  1. 1. Anguilla
  2. 2. Bermuda
  3. 3. British Antarctic Territory
  4. 4. British Indian Ocean Territory
  5. 5. Cayman Islands
  6. 6. Falkland Islands
  7. 7. Gibraltar
  8. 8. Montserrat
  9. 9. Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
  10. 10. St. Helena and St. Helena Dependencies
  11. 11. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
  12. 12. Turks and Caicos Islands
  13. 13. The United Kingdom Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Cyprus)
  14. 14. British Virgin Islands

Parties to the European Convention on Extradition of 1957 which are designated by order in council under Section 4(1) of the Extradition Act 1989

  1. 1. Austria
  2. 2. Belgium
  3. 3. Bulgaria
  4. 4. Croatia
  5. 5. Cyprus
  6. 6. Czech Republic
  7. 7. Denmark
  8. 8. Estonia
  9. 9. Finland
  10. 10. France
  11. 11. Germany
  12. 12. Greece
  1. 13. Hungary
  2. 14. Iceland
  3. 15. Israel
  4. 16. Italy
  5. 17. Latvia
  6. 18. Liechtenstein
  7. 19. Lithuania
  8. 20. Luxembourg
  9. 21. Malta
  10. 22 Moldova
  11. 23. The Netherlands
  12. 24. Norway
  13. 25. Poland
  14. 26. Portugal
  15. 27. Romania
  16. 28. Slovakia
  17. 29. Slovenia
  18. 30. Spain
  19. 31. Sweden
  20. 32. Switzerland
  21. 33. Turkey

Other Arrangements

  1. 1. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Extradition arrangements with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are under the Extradition Act 1989 as amended by The Hong Kong (Extradition Order) 1997.
  2. 2. Republic of Ireland: Extradition arrangements with the Republic of Ireland are under the Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965.