Extradition
and mutual legal assistance: The Third REMJA welcomes the progress achieved in complying with
the recommendations made at the Second REMJA, especially with regard to presentation of
information on points of contact, checklists of requirements for extradition, standard
forms for requesting mutual legal assistance, and glossaries of legal terms.
In this connection, it:
- Urges member states of the OAS that have not already done
so to present the information requested as soon as possible in order to permit a
comprehensive assessment of the situation in the Hemisphere with regard to this topic;
- Invites the OAS to disseminate that information through its
web page;
- Encourages member states of the OAS to provide, in addition
to the information already presented, material on the way extradition requests are handled
by their executive and judicial branches;
- Emphasizes the need to promote heightened awareness among
members of the legislative and judicial branches regarding their responsibility with
respect to extradition;
- Resolves to strengthen cooperation and mutual confidence in
this field by establishing an information network composed of competent authorities and
mandated to prepare specific recommendations in the area of extradition and mutual legal
assistance for consideration by said authorities prior to plenary session of the Fourth
REMJA. That network, fed by data from the different legal systems in the Hemisphere,
should rely as far as possible on electronic communications media, especially the
Internet;
- Exhorts member states of the OAS that have not already done
so to consider the possibility of ratifying or acceding to inter-American conventions on
juridical and judicial cooperation.
