tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post4661773906687745768..comments2024-01-29T11:22:52.042+01:00Comments on Pål Wrange: Can Julian Assange be extradited from Sweden or from the UK to the US? Yes–but unlilkely.Pål Wrange -- folkrätt och politikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11830512993500852801noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-90583501402876785862012-10-02T14:02:13.695+02:002012-10-02T14:02:13.695+02:00Perhaps, Mr Wrange, you will find time to extend y...Perhaps, Mr Wrange, you will find time to extend your 'analysis' to estimate the likelihood of Sweden simply bundling Mr Assange with a sedative suppository shoved up his bum onto a CIA jet in the dead of night without the benefit of any Court proceedings, then nonchalantly claiming "Well, they seemed jolly decent chaps and promised not to torture him before landing in Whereverstan!&UNFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-72596659187270643432012-10-01T12:33:32.569+02:002012-10-01T12:33:32.569+02:00Pål, it would be interesting if you looked into ho...Pål, it would be interesting if you looked into how Gottfrid Swartholm Warg was fetched from Phnom Phenh. According to his friend in the city[1], civil servants may have bent the rules and among other things denied the right to an attorney.<br /><br />[1] http://torrentfreak.com/sweden-kidnapped-my-friend-pirate-bay-co-founder-anakata-120810/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-89844922306464877392012-08-26T18:23:32.592+02:002012-08-26T18:23:32.592+02:00I guess it's Lawyer vs. Lawyer then...
Julian...I guess it's Lawyer vs. Lawyer then...<br /><br /><a href="http://internationalextraditionblog.com/2010/12/08/julian-assange-sweden-and-u-s-extradition-treaty/" rel="nofollow">Julian Assange- Sweden and U.S. Extradition Treaty</a> VIDEO<br /><br />Mr. McNabb discusses the extradition treaty between Sweden and the United States with regard to Julian Assange.<br /><br />US – Sweden Extradition Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-77443319015826972272012-08-26T16:54:14.986+02:002012-08-26T16:54:14.986+02:00I have read both David Allen Green's and Glenn...I have read both David Allen Green's and Glenn Greenwald's articles and I must say I am baffled by the way Mark Klamberg and Pål Wrange bend over backwards to deny what is blindingly obvious, namely that Mr Green's article contains a glaring factual mistake, that should be corrected by his publication asap. That happens to be the main point addressed by Mr Greenwald's article in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-6565208252232622962012-08-26T05:34:51.015+02:002012-08-26T05:34:51.015+02:00http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193641/Is...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193641/Is-photo-clear-Assange-Grinning-meal-meatballs-schnapps-WikiLeaks-boss-woman-says-sexually-assaulted-48-hours-earlier.html<br /><br />off topic but case overAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-47349173712041018982012-08-25T16:12:56.313+02:002012-08-25T16:12:56.313+02:00Looking at this further and reading the swedish go...Looking at this further and reading the swedish government's own website http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2710/a/15435<br /><br />From what I can tell the Supreme court ISNT making a ruling over Swedens treaty obligations but it's own domestic law.<br /><br />From what I can see the court merely rules on whether there is any impediment to extradition under domestic law. It does not make a Giles Bradshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017910657064131367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-42980674632817013802012-08-25T15:35:22.978+02:002012-08-25T15:35:22.978+02:00I think this reference is making the same point as...I think this reference is making the same point as I am trying to make above http://www.jstor.org/stable/1120372<br /><br />"However, the statute should probably be interpreted to grant the Secretary only the limited discretion to differ from the courts in the matter of treaty interpretation. In fact, the Secretary has always based his refusal to surrender upon a determination that the Giles Bradshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017910657064131367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-83862942979524710232012-08-25T15:09:31.006+02:002012-08-25T15:09:31.006+02:00Hi - when you say the Government has the final dec...Hi - when you say the Government has the final decision under domestic law but is bound by international law - why could the Swedish government not choose to decide against extradition even if the supreme court had ruled it legal? Is it not for the Government to decide how Sweden is to comply with its treaty obligations and not the supreme court? And surely if it were claimed (say by the US) Giles Bradshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017910657064131367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-43560465163127618292012-08-25T14:52:05.069+02:002012-08-25T14:52:05.069+02:00If the government does not have leeway under the S...If the government does not have leeway under the Sweden-US extradition treaty, would this suggest that the treaty differs significantly from the UK-US extradition treaty?<br /><br />I ask because (as I understand it) the UK courts approved the extradition of Pinochet, but the UK executive branch stepped in to stop it. Clearly they had some leeway.<br /><br />Of course, in 2000 they were then not Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-31363085120699426232012-08-25T11:58:42.104+02:002012-08-25T11:58:42.104+02:00Pål, thanks for an interesting article.
However, ...Pål, thanks for an interesting article.<br /><br />However, I wonder, are there some actual legal reasons that precludes Sweden using 1991:572 for deporting Assange directly to the US on national security grounds?<br /><br />Or is it just up to good will and trust?<br /><br />Best regards,<br />OlofOlofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-33523944276638612872012-08-25T11:44:38.787+02:002012-08-25T11:44:38.787+02:00My understanding is that:
It is completely up to t...My understanding is that:<br />It is completely up to the Swedish courts to determine if a given extradition request is legally acceptable or not.<br />If the courts determine that all is in order, it is still open to the executive to prevent the extradition.<br /><br />A decision to NEVER extradite a named person would seem very unwise.<br />What about a decision that the person would not be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-82498193899274030692012-08-25T09:09:46.044+02:002012-08-25T09:09:46.044+02:00Thank you. I have been blogging this as a layman d...Thank you. I have been blogging this as a layman due to the outlandish claims benign made. I see I need to make a couple of corrections but this is largely what people who are skeptical of the claims made by justice4assange have been saying. <br /><br />It is good to have it clarified by an expert.Objectivisorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581819396919538556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-23938042437979147462012-08-25T08:40:39.031+02:002012-08-25T08:40:39.031+02:00Thanx for the question. Bildt probably means that ...Thanx for the question. Bildt probably means that he cannot enter into an agreement on extradition with Ecuador a) because extradition decisions are made by the whole Cabinet and b) there is no legal basis in Swedish law for a decision NEVER to extradite a person, no matter what the crime.Pål Wrange -- folkrätt och politikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830512993500852801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112535030681479310.post-46343356069155785092012-08-25T08:26:24.515+02:002012-08-25T08:26:24.515+02:00Thank you for an informative blog post.
Foreign M...Thank you for an informative blog post.<br /><br />Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is on record claiming that the reason the Government can't offer a guarantee against extradition is that such a guarantee would constitute "ministerial rule", and as such be in breach of the Swedish constitution. <br /><br />This argument, about the independence of the courts, does not figure at all in Ivannoreply@blogger.com