Wikileaks release: February 2, 2009
Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service
Title:
PINOCHET EXTRADITION CASE: SELECTED LEGAL ISSUES
CRS report number: RL30117
Author(s): David M. Ackerman, American Law Division
Date: March 3, 2000
AbstractOn March 24, 1999, a judicial panel of Britain's House of Lords issued a precedent-setting ruling that General Pinochet of Chile has no immunity as a former head of state from arrest and possible extradition to Spain for trial on alleged human rights abuses. The panel, however, substantially narrowed the scope of the charges for which Pinochet might be extradited and directed the Home Secretary to reconsider
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