Right to Refuse Extradition
Resolution Text
| Category: | Human Rights | Strength: | Significant | Proposed By: | Saint Uriel |
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Description:
ACKNOWLEDGING that capital punishment (the death penalty, execution) is a contentious issue, with many different viewpoints
ACKNOWELDGING ALSO that situations involving international fugitives may be very diplomatically delicate
ENCOURAGING nations to resolve matters of international fugitives through discussion and diplomacy
AFFIRMING that a nation should not be forced to be a party to execution against its will
AFFIRMING ALSO that this resolution shall not affect each nation's sovereign right to allow or ban capital punishment within its own borders
BE IT RESOLVED that UN member nations shall have the AFFIRMED RIGHT to refuse, if they so desire, extradition (deportation) of international fugitives to any UN member nation IF the extraditing nation may reasonably believe that the fugitive may face capital punishment if extradited
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that UN member nations may exercise this right without fear of military reprisal from any other UN member nation
- Votes For: 10,746
- Votes Against: 4,468
- Implemented: Fri May 20 2005
