Section IX

SURRENDER OF THE PERSON (EXTRADITION)

Chapter 37

SURRENDER OF THE PERSON (EXTRADITION)

Article 466. Refusal in surrender of the person (extradition)

The surrender of the person to foreign state can be denied if:
1) the person for whom the request on surrender is received, according to laws of Ukraine for the period of decision-making on surrender (extradition) is the citizen of Ukraine or the person without citizenship being a permanent resident of Ukraine;
2) the crime for which surrender is requested, does not provide punishment in the form of imprisonment according to the law of Ukraine;
3) time limitations provided by the law of Ukraine for brining of the person to the criminal liability for a crime for which surrender is requested expire;
4) upon request of the central body the competent body of foreign state does not provide additional materials or data, without which decision-making on request on surrender (extradition) is impossible;
5) surrender of the person (extradition) contradicts obligations of Ukraine under the international treaties of Ukraine;
6) other bases provided by the international treaty of Ukraine are available.

The person having the status of the refugee, cannot be surrendered to foreign state where health, life or freedom of such person is in danger because of features of race, denomination (religion), nationality, citizenship (nationality), belonging to certain social group or political convictions, except the cases provided by the international treaty of Ukraine.

In case of refusal of surrender on the bases of motives of citizenship and presence of the status of the refugee or in case of existence of other bases which do not exclude proceedings in the case, upon the petition of the competent body of foreign state Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine charges the body of prejudicial inquiry with investigation of criminal case against this person according to the procedure provided by this Code.

Article 90
Competing requests
1. A State Party which receives a request from the Court for the surrender of a person under article 89 shall, if it also receives a request from any other State for the extradition of the same person for the same conduct which forms the basis of the crime for which the Court seeks the person's surrender, notify the Court and the requesting State of that fact.
2. Where the requesting State is a State Party, the requested State shall give priority to the request from the Court if:
(a) The Court has, pursuant to article 18 or 19, made a determination that the case in respect of which surrender is sought is admissible and that determination takes into account the investigation or prosecution conducted by the requesting State in respect of its request for extradition; or
(b) The Court makes the determination described in subparagraph (a) pursuant to the requested State's notification under paragraph 1.
3. Where a determination under paragraph 2 (a) has not been made, the requested State may, at its discretion, pending the determination of the Court under paragraph 2 (b), proceed to deal with the request for extradition from the requesting State but shall not extradite the person until the Court has determined that the case is inadmissible. The Court's determination shall be made on an expedited basis.
4. If the requesting State is a State not Party to this Statute the requested State, if it is not under an international obligation to extradite the person to the requesting State, shall give priority to the request for surrender from the Court, if the Court has determined that the case is admissible.
5. Where a case under paragraph 4 has not been determined to be admissible by the Court, the requested State may, at its discretion, proceed to deal with the request for extradition from the requesting State.
6. In cases where paragraph 4 applies except that the requested State is under an existing international obligation to extradite the person to the requesting State not Party to this Statute, the requested State shall determine whether to surrender the person to the Court or extradite the person to the requesting State. In making its decision, the requested State shall consider all the relevant factors, including but not limited to:
(a) The respective dates of the requests;
(b) The interests of the requesting State including, where relevant, whether the crime was committed in its territory and the nationality of the victims and of the person sought; and
(c) The possibility of subsequent surrender between the Court and the requesting State.
7. Where a State Party which receives a request from the Court for the surrender of a person also receives a request from any State for the extradition of the same person for conduct other than that which constitutes the crime for which the Court seeks the person's surrender:
(a) The requested State shall, if it is not under an existing international obligation to extradite the person to the requesting State, give priority to the request from the Court;
(b) The requested State shall, if it is under an existing international obligation to extradite the person to the requesting State, determine whether to surrender the person to the Court or to extradite the person to the requesting State. In making its decision, the requested State shall consider all the relevant factors, including but not limited to those set out in paragraph 6, but shall give special consideration to the relative nature and gravity of the conduct in question.
8. Where pursuant to a notification under this article, the Court has determined a case to be inadmissible, and subsequently extradition to the requesting State is refused, the requested State shall notify the Court of this decision.

Article 93
Other forms of cooperation
4. In accordance with article 72, a State Party may deny a request for assistance, in whole or in part, only if the request concerns the production of any documents or disclosure of evidence which relates to its national security.