'Amnesty compatibility' in document 'Bulgaria - Extradition and European Arrest Warrant Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Extradition and European Arrest Warrant ACT

Chapter two - CONDITIONS FOR EXTRADITION. GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL OF EXTRADITION

Article 7 - Extradition shall be refused:

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6. For a criminal offence, which has been amnestied or in respect of which criminal prosecution or the enforcement of the sentence has been statute-barred under the law of the Bulgarian or of the requesting state;

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 17
Issues of admissibility
1. Having regard to paragraph 10 of the Preamble and article 1, the Court shall determine that a case is inadmissible where:
(b) The case has been investigated by a State which has jurisdiction over it and the State has decided not to prosecute the person concerned, unless the decision resulted from the unwillingness or inability of the State genuinely to prosecute;