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Mohamed v President of the Republic of South Africa

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Decision by
  
The Court

End date
  
May 28, 2001

Mohamed v President of the Republic of South Africa

Full case name
  
Mohamed and Another v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others

Decided
  
28 May 2001 (2001-05-28)

Citation(s)
  
[2001] ZACC 18, 2001 (3) SA 893 (CC), 2001 (7) BCLR 685 (CC)

Appealed from
  
Cape Provincial Division

Judges sitting
  
Chaskalson P, Ackermann, Goldstone, Kriegler, Madala, Mokgoro, Ngcobo, Sachs & Yacoob JJ, Madlanga & Somyalo AJJ

Ruling court
  
Constitutional Court of South Africa

Judge sittings
  
Laurie Ackermann, Richard Goldstone, Johann Kriegler, Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro , Sandile Ngcobo

Mohamed v President of the Republic of South Africa, [2001] ZACC 18, is a 2001 decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa dealing with the legality of the South African government's actions in handing over Khalfan Khamis Mohamed to United States authorities. The court ruled that the South African government may not extradite a suspect who may face the death penalty without seeking an assurance from the receiving country that the suspect will not be sentenced to death.

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Mohamed v President of the Republic of South Africa Wikipedia