Australian multilateral extradition or mutual assistance arrangements

KEY

Domestic legislation or regulation (short name)

Convention name (short name) done at [place], on [date signed by Australia ].

[date entered into force]

Supplementary protocol

[date entered into force]

1

Extradition (Aviation) Regulations 1991

Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (Hague Convention) done at the Hague on 15 June 1971

Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (Montreal Convention) done at Montreal on 12 October 1972 .

Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation done at Montreal , 24 February 1988 .

22/11/1990

2

Extradition (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Regulations 1999

Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, done at Paris on 17 December 1998 .

3

Extradition (Commonwealth Countries) Regulations 1998

The London Scheme for the Rendition of Fugitive Offenders – non-binding

The Harare Scheme relating for Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters – non binding

4

Extradition (Convention against Corruption) Regulations 2005)

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Convention against Corruption) Regulations 2005

United Nations Convention against Corruption done at New York on 9 December 2003 .

5

Extradition (Currency) Regulations

International Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency and the protocol to that Convention

5/04/1982

6

Genocide Convention Act 1949

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

7

Extradition (Hostages) Regulations

International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages

8

International Criminal Court Act 2002 (ICC)

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

9

Extradition (Internationally Protected Persons) Regulations

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents

10

Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime

11.

Extradition (Narcotic Drugs) Regulations

Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and Protocol to that convention

08/08/1975

12.

Extradition (Physical Protection of Nuclear Material) Regulations

Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material

22/10/1987

13.

Extradition (Safety of United Nations And Associated Personnel) Regulations 2000

Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, done at New York

03/10/2001

14.

Extradition (Ships and Fixed Platforms) Regulations

Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, done at Rome

20/05/1993

Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, done at Rome

20/05/1993

15.

Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2002 (Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism)

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Proceeds of Crime Amendments Act 2002

Extradition (Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism) Regulations 2006

17/02/2006

Mutual Assistance (Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism) Regulations 2006

17/02/2006

International convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism done at New York .

26/10/2002

16.

Extradition (Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) Regulations 2002

Mutual Assistance (Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) Regulations 2002

International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings

08/09/2002

17.

Extradition (Torture) Regulations

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

08/08/1989

18.

Extradition (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Regulations

Mutual Assistance (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Regulations

United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

14/02/1993

19.

Extradition (Transnational Organised Crime) Regulations 2004

Mutual Assistance (Transnational Organised Crime) Regulations 2004

United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

27/06/2004

Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land Sea and Air

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime

14/10/2005

20.

International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 (War Crimes Tribunals)

UN Security Council resolution 827 establishing The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

UN Security Council resolution 955 establishing the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)