Practice question
A covered UNTOC offender is present in StateA, which refuses extradition solely because he is its national. StateB requests domestic prosecution under Article16(10). What follows?
- StateA must submit the case without undue delay to competent authorities under the treaty conditions
- StateA must guarantee conviction
- Nationality necessarily creates permanent impunity
- StateB automatically controls StateA’s courts
- No jurisdictional measures can be required
Legal references
- UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, Articles15(3) and16(10): https://mandates.un.org/mandate/A/RES/55/25
- RA9851 Section17: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9851_2009.html Accused-citizenship branch.
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