Which countries DO NOT have the right to extradite UK citizens back to blighty?

Question

Are there any?

Answer 1

Brazil used to be one, but is no longer
Northern (Turkish) Cyprus is I think, but I wouldnt bank on it for much longer (there is currently a case being prosecuated in Northern Cyprus which is effetively a British prosecution. Effectively the only the Turks reconise Northern Cyprus so there is no legal extradtion treaty between the UK & Northern Cyprus

as to which states you cant be extradited from dunno - a first step would be to find a government whch this country regards as illegal and therefore blacklists or derecognises (so Im guessing Myanmar, North Korea would be a good first step)

some states have laws about not extraditing nationals or even dual nationals

Answer 2

There's a lot of information on the Home Office website about countries which DO have extradition agreements with the UK. You could deduce from this which DON'T.

The ones which DO have such agreements with the UK are:

The EU Member States, i.e. Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

Also Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cook Islands, Croatia, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Haiti, Iceland, India, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macedonia (FYR), Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, The United States of America, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Countries which AREN'T mentioned as far as I can see include Belarus, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic (not the same as Dominica), Federated States of Micronesia, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Pakistan, Senegal, Syria, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan and Venezuela. So I presume they DON'T automatically extradite to the UK if asked.

But anyone planning to do a bunk had better check with a discreet lawyer first.

Answer 3

I'm not sure of the exact details, but it is not a case of a country having the 'right' to extradite, but rather they make the choice to do so. There are countries that have extradition treaties with the UK, which means if someone who had committed a crime here is caught in those countries they have agreed with the UK that they will send such people back. If a criminal goes to a country that doesn't have an extradition treaty then that govt has no responsibility to send them back, and we need to negotiate with them to see if they will.

Answer 4

I believe brazil does not have an extradition treaty with the UK

Answer 5

Brazil is def one of them I know that. One of the men from the Great Train Robbery many years ago hid away there. The cops knew where he was.

Answer 6

Any decent country that stands up for real justice, not the perverted form of justice practised in Britain.

Answer 7

Iran,North Korea Brazil.Libya theres a lot more.

Answer 8

You off on the run??

Answer 9

Brazil is one, I think.