United States*

Introduction to the Legal System

Description

• Guide to Criminal Prosecutions in the United States    ENG 

Fundamental Texts

• The United States Constitution    ENG 
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure    ENG 

• United States Code: Crimes and Criminal Procedure  ENG 

• United States Code: Crimes and Criminal Procedure (Appendix) ENG 

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

General

• Overview    ENG 

Procedural model documents

Legislation

• Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, Part V - Procedure, Chapter 117 - Evidence; Depositions, Sec. 1782    ENG 

Case Law

Other documents of interest

Extradition

General

• Overview    ENG 

Procedural model documents

Legislation

• Sections of Title 18 of the United States Code, Chapter 209, concerning extradition to or from the United States    ENG 

Case Law

Other documents of interest

Bilateral Treaties

Antigua and Barbuda

• Extradition Treaties with Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, 1996-06-03   ENG 
• Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters with Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada and St. Lucia, 1996-10-31   ENG 

Argentina

• Agreement on the Abuse and Illicit Trafficking of Drugs, Law 23.920, 1991-03-21   ESP 
• Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 1990-09-04   ENG 
• Extradition Treaty, 1997-06-10   ENG 

Barbados

• Extradition Treaty, 1996-02-28   ENG 
• Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 1996-02-28   ENG 

Belize

• Extradition Treaty, 2000-07-27   ENG 
• Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 2000-09-19   ENG 

Bolivia

• Extradition Treaty, 1995-06-27   ENG 

Brazil

• Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 1997-10-14   ENG 
• Extradition Treaty and Additional Protocol, 1961-01-13   ENG 

Canada

• Extradition Treaty, 1974-06-28   ENG 
• Treaty with Canada on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 1985-03-18   ENG 
• Agreement Regarding the Sharing of Forfeited Assets and Equivalent Funds   ENG 
• Protocol Amending the Treaty on Extradition signed on December 3, 1971, as Amended by an Exchange of Notes on June 28 And July 9, 1974   ENG 
• Exchange of Notes Amending the Treaty on Extradition of December 3, 1971   ENG 
• Treaty on Extradition   ENG 
• Supplementary Convention to the Supplementary Convention for the Mutual Extradition of Fugitive Criminals   ENG 
• Supplementary Convention to Provide for Extradition on Account of Crimes or Offences Committed Against the Laws for the Suppression of the Traffic in Narcotics   ENG 
• Supplementary Extradition Convention   ENG 
• Supplementary Convention for the Mutual Surrender of Fugitive Criminals   ENG 
• Supplementary Convention for the Mutual Extradition of Fugitive Criminals (Enlarging List of Crimes)   ENG 
• Supplementary Convention for the Extradition of Criminals   ENG 
• Second Protocol Amending the Treaty on Extradition   ENG 

Chile

• Acuerdo de Cooperación y Asistencia Mutua para la Prevención y el Control del Consumo Indebido y el Tráfico Ilícito de Estupefacientes y Sustancias Sicotrópicas  ESP 
• Extradition Treaty, 1900-04-17   ENG 

Colombia

• Extradition Treaty, 1979-09-14   ENG 

Costa Rica

• Extradition Treaty, 1982-12-04   ENG 
• Acuerdo para la Cooperación para suprimir el Tráfico Ilícito   ESP 

Dominica

• Extradition Treaties with Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, 1996-10-10   ENG 
• Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters with Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada and St. Lucia, 1996-10-31   ENG 

Dominican Republic

• Extradition Treaty, 1909-06-19   ENG 

Ecuador

• Tratado complementario de extradición, 1939-09-22   ESP 
• Extradition Treaty, 1872-06-28   ENG 
• Convenio para la prevencion y control del lavado de dinero proveniente del tráfico ilícito de estupefacientes, 1993-03-02   ESP 

El Salvador

• Extradition Treaty D.O. No.138, Book No.70, June 17, 1911   ESP 
• Acuerdo de Cooperación relativo al Acceso y al Uso de las Instalaciones del Aeropuerto Internacional El Salvador por los Estados Unidos para el Control Aéreo de la Narcoactividad   ESP 

Grenada

• Extradition Treaties with Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, 1996-05-30   ENG 
• Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters with Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada and St. Lucia, 1996-05-30   ENG 

Guatemala

• Extradition Treaty, 1903-02-27   ENG 
• Supplementary Convention to the Extradition Treaty, 1940-02-20   ENG 

Guyana

• Extradition Treaty with Great Britain, 1931-12-22   ENG 

Haiti

• Extradition Treaty, 1904-08-09   ENG 
• Agreement concerning cooperation to suppress illicit maritime drug traffic FRA 

Honduras

• Extradition Treaty, 1909-01-15   ENG 

Jamaica

• Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 1989-07-07   ENG 
• Extradition Treaty, 1984-04-24   ENG 

Mexico

• Extradition Treaty and its Protocol, 1978-05-04   ENG 
• Mutual Legal Assistance Cooperation Treaty, 1987-12-09   ENG 

Nicaragua

• Extradition Treaty, 1905-03-01   ENG 

Panama

• Extradition Treaty, 1904-05-25   ENG 
• Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 1991-04-11   ENG 

Paraguay

• Extradition Treaty, 1998-11-09   ENG 

Peru

• Extradition Treaty, 2001-07-26   ENG 

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Extradition Treaties with Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, 1996-09-18   ENG 
• Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 1997-09-18   ENG 

Saint Lucia

• Extradition Treaties with Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, 1996-04-18   ENG 
• Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters with Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada and St. Lucia, 1996-04-18   ENG 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Extradition Treaties with Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, 1996-08-15   ENG 
• Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 1998-01-08   ENG 

Suriname

• Extradition Treaty with the Kingdom of Netherlands, 1904-01-18   ENG 

The Bahamas

• Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 1987-06-12   ENG 
• Extradition Treaty, 1990-03-09   ENG 

Trinidad and Tobago

• Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 1996-03-04   ENG 
• Extradition Treaty, 1996-03-04   ENG 

Uruguay

• Extradition Treaty, 1973-04-06   ENG 
• Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 1991-05-06   ENG 

Venezuela

• Extradition Treaty, 1922-01-19   ENG 

Multilateral Instruments