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Extradition law in Australia is the formal process by which a fugitive found outside a jurisdiction is surrendered to the jurisdiction where an alleged offence has taken place for trial or punishment, under Australian law. This may include a process done within the country or one between Australia and another country.
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Interstate extradition
The power to extradite between and among the states and territories of Australia is conferred by s 51(xxiv) of the Australian Constitution which says that the Commonwealth Parliament shall, subject to the Constitution, have the power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to (inter alia) the service and execution throughout the commonwealth of the civil and criminal process and the judgements of the courts of the states.
Extradition to and from Australia
The Extradition Act 1988 governs the extradition of fugitives found in Australia to other countries. The law ratifies a series of treaties to which Australia is a party with other countries, either in the right of the Commonwealth of Australia, by being bound by treaties which the UK executed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia, or multilateral treaties to which Australia is a signatory.
Countries with which Australia has concluded extradition agreements
Australia has extradition treaties with the following countries:
Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cook Island, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Samoa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, United States of America, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela.
Countries with which Australia has proposed extradition agreements
There is one country with which Australia is negotiating extradition treaties: