EXTRADITION – EU, KOSOVO AND ALBANIA REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

Abstract

Extradition as legal concept as well as legal phenomenon at the international law has been and is becoming one of the most important aspects to push states cooperates in order to contribute to peace and security in the world today. As such, it is broadly known phenomenon in the today’s world. Countries worldwide are going through serious attempts to consolidate and design it in the best possible model aiming strengthening of peace and security by coordinating the activities and mechanism in order to ensure detention, put in trial or suffer the punishment of each and every perpetrator. Extradition today appears one of the most important mechanism and instruments within the framework of European Union. It is also becoming an important mechanism beyond Europe, namely in countries aspiring to be members of the European Union like Republic of Albania and Republic of Kosova. Thus this paper attempts to present and analyze the approaches that, first of all EU is doing and in the following Republic of Albania and Republic of Kosovo, institutions are using to improve the process and consolidate the institute of Extradition, through which an rule of law, respect of human rights, transparency and democratic life is promoted. Different from the usual practices at EU level as well as countries like Albania with no contested statehood, in Kosovo case there are some “extra” obstacles as those of mutual cooperation between states which are still refusing the recognition of the country.