A-35: CONVENTION ON EXTRADITION
ADOPTED AT: MONTEVIDEO,
URUGUAY
DATE: 12/26/33
CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN
STATES
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 12/26/34, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 20 OF THE
CONVENTION
DEPOSITORY: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF URUGUAY (ORIGINAL
INSTRUMENT) GENERAL SECRETARIAT, OAS (RATIFICATIONS)
TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 34
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UN REGISTRATION: / / No.
Vol.
OBSERVATIONS: See also the Optional Clause Annexed to the Convention
(A-36).
GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: A-35
COUNTRY |
SIGNATURE |
RATIFICATION/ACCESSION |
DEPOSIT |
INFORMATION* |
Antigua & Barbuda |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Argentina |
12/26/33 |
02/29/56 |
04/19/56 RA |
- |
Bahamas |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Barbados |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Belize |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Bolivia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Brazil |
12/26/33 |
- |
- |
- |
Canada |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Chile |
12/26/33 |
02/02/35 |
07/02/35 RA |
Yes |
Colombia |
12/26/33 |
06/22/36 |
07/22/36 RA |
- |
Costa Rica |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Cuba |
12/26/33 |
- |
- |
- |
Dominica |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Dominican Republic |
12/26/33 |
11/22/34 |
12/26/34 RA |
- |
Ecuador |
12/26/33 |
06/24/36 |
10/03/36 RA |
Yes |
El Salvador |
12/26/33 |
07/26/36 |
01/09/37 RA |
Yes |
Grenada |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Guatemala |
12/26/33 |
05/12/36 |
07/17/36 RA |
- |
Guyana |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Haiti |
12/26/33 |
- |
- |
- |
Honduras |
12/26/33 |
11/04/37 |
11/27/37 RA |
Yes |
Jamaica |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Kazakhstan |
- |
12/15/17 |
01/03/18 AC |
Yes |
Mexico |
12/26/33 |
08/13/35 |
01/27/36 RA |
Yes |
Nicaragua |
12/26/33 |
09/08/52 |
11/10/52 RA |
- |
Panama |
12/26/33 |
11/11/38 |
12/13/38 RA |
- |
Paraguay |
12/26/33 |
- |
- |
- |
Peru |
12/26/33 |
- |
- |
- |
St. Kitts & Nevis |
- |
- |
- |
- |
St. Lucia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
St. Vincent & Grenadines |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Suriname |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Trinidad & Tobago |
- |
- |
- |
- |
United States |
12/26/33 |
06/29/34 |
07/13/34 RA |
Yes |
Ukraine |
- |
10/18/2022 |
1/5/2023 AC |
Yes |
Uruguay |
12/26/33 |
- |
- |
- |
Venezuela |
- |
- |
- |
- |
*DECLARATIONS/RESERVATIONS/DENUNCIATIONS/WITHDRAWS
A-35. CONVENTION ON EXTRADITION
1. Ecuador:
(Reservation made at the time of signature)
The Delegation of Ecuador, in dealing with the Nations with which Ecuador
has signed Conventions on Extraditions, accepts the stipulations herein
established in all respects which are not contrary to said Conventions.
(Reservation made at the time of ratification)
With the reservation made at the time of signature.
2. El Salvador:
(Reservation made at the time of signature)
Reservation to the effect that El Salvador, although it accepts in general
principle Article XVIII of the Inter-American Treaty of Extradition,
concretely stipulates the exception that it cannot cooperate in the
surrender of its own nationals, prohibited by its Political Constitution, by
permitting the transit through its territory of said nationals when one
foreign State surrenders them to another.
(Reservation made at the time of ratification)
Adding to Article 18, after a comma, the following paragraph: "Except in the
case of a national, whatever the crime for which he is extradited, or in
that of a foreigner if his extradition is the result of an act having the
character of a Political Offense, or a Civil Offense of a related nature."
3. United States:
(Reservation made at the time of signature)
The Delegation of the United States of America, in signing the present
Extradition Convention, reserves the following articles:
Article 2 (second sentence, English text);
Article 3, paragraph d;
Articles 12, 15, 16 and 18.
(Reservation made at the time of ratification)
With the understanding that Article 2, Paragraph d of Article 3, and
Articles 12, 15, 16 and 18 are reserved from the convention as declared by
the United States delegation, and that such articles and paragraph shall not
be binding upon the United States of America, unless and until subsequently
ratified in accordance with the Constitution of the United States of
America.
4. Mexico:
(Reservation made at the time of signature)
Mexico signs the Convention on Extradition with the declaration with respect
to Article 3, paragraph f, that the internal legislation of Mexico does not
recognize offenses against religion. It will not sign the optional clause of
this Convention.
(Reservation made at the time of ratification)
With the reservation made at the time of signature.
5. Chile:
(Reservation made at the time of ratification)
With the reservation that the Republic of Chile can apply previous
extradition conventions still in force, the stipulations of which shall be
found to be in disagreement with the said Convention; and with the [further]
reservation that Article 15 of the same Convention cannot apply against the
rights of third parties.
6. Honduras:
(Reservation made at the time of ratification)
In regard to Article 18, the Government of Honduras does not consider itself
obliged to allow the transit through its territory of an individual whose
extradition has been agreed to, by another State, in favor of a third State,
when such person is of Honduran nationality; and in respect of the optional
clause, the Government of Honduras refrains from giving its approval.
7. Kazakhstan:
On January 3, 2018, the Republic of Kazakhstan deposited the
instrument of
accession to the Convention on Extradition of 1933 at the OAS headquarters,
in Washington, D.C. United States. The instrument contains some
declarations. At the occasion the Government of Kazakhstan reported on the
designation of the "Prosecutor General’s Office, Department for
International Cooperation" as the central authority for the purpose of the
Convention on Extradition.
8. Ukraine:
On
January 5, 2023,
Ukraine
deposited the
instrument of accession
of the Convention on Extradition of 1933. The instrument contains
declarations and reservations as well as the reference to the central
authorities for the purpose of the Convention.
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