§ Mr. MacDougallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with which countries the UK does not have an extradition agreement. [114610]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthDetails of the United Kingdom's extradition arrangements are not readily available on this basis. Those countries with whom the UK does have general extradition arrangements are listed in the table.
In addition, the Extradition Act 1989 enables special extradition arrangements to be made, in individual cases, with states with whom the UK has no general extradition arrangements. The UK is also a party to a number of international conventions which allow for the extradition of fugitives between ratifying states for specific offences, in the absence of general extradition arrangements.
Commonwealth countries which have been Designated by Order in Council under section 5(1) of the Extradition Act 1989
Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tonga, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
British Overseas Territories to whom the Extradition Act 1989 applies
Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, St. Helena and St. Helena Dependencies, South Georgia and South 759W Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, The UK Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Cyprus), British Virgin Islands.
Parties to the European Convention on Extradition ( ECE) of 1957 which are designated by Order in Council under section 4(1) of the Extradition Act 1989
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia (The Former Yugoslav Republic of), Malta, Moldova, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine.
Countries with Bilateral Extradition Treaties with the United Kingdom (with date of entry into force Date Argentina 1894 Bolivia 1898 Bosnia/Herzegovina 1901 Brazil 1997 Chile 1898 Colombia 1889 Cuba 1905 Ecuador 1886 El Salvador 1882 Guatemala 1886 Haiti 1876 Iraq 1933 Liberia 1894 Mexico 1889 Monaco 1892 Nicaragua 1906 Panama 1907 Paraguay 1911 Peru 1907 San Marino 1900 Thailand 1911 Uruguay 1885 USA 1976, 1986 Other Arrangements
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. Republic of Ireland. Extradition Arrangements with the Republic of Ireland are under the Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965.