The Scope of Reciprocity in Extradition

Abstract

This paper is devoted in the main to one aspect of the problem of reciprocity in matters of extradition focusing attention on its impact on the admissibility of a request for extradition when Israel is the requested state and the person sought is an Israeli national.The State of Israel has entered into bilateral extradition treaties with eight states and through the multilateral European Convention on Extradition with thirteen other states.A. Three categories of agreements: These agreements may be grouped into three categories according to their treatment of offenders who are nationals of the requested state.(1) There are in the first place those agreements which contain no reference to or limitations upon the extradition of the parties' nationals, namely, the agreements with the United Kingdom, Swaziland and Canada.