Does the United States have an obligation to surrender fugitives from justice to the other country?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Germany (Federal Republic) v. Schreiber, 2004 CanLII 93326 (ON SC):
It is well known that under customary international law, one state has no obligation to surrender fugitives from justice to another. See, McVey (Re); McVey v. United States of America (1992), 1992 CanLII 48 (SCC), 77 C.C.C. (3d) 1 (S.C.C.) at 6, per La Forest J; and United States of America v. Allard, 1991 CanLII 97 (SCC), [1991] 1 S.C.R. 861, 64 C.C.C. (3d) 159 at 162, per La Forest J.
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