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Asile - extradition : de la coordination à l'unification
- Appréciation des faits
- asile
- Asylum Retrieval Information System
- Comité contre la torture
- Convention européenne des droits de l’homme
- Convention de 1951 sur les réfugiés
- comparaison
- concentration
- concertation
- coordination
- Cour européenne des droits de l’homme
- crédibilité
- décisions contradictoires
- délit politique
- Département fédéral de justice et police
- devoir de collaboration
- droits de l’homme
- droit d’être entendu
- garanties
- Loi fédérale sur l’entraide internationale du 20 mars 1981
- établissement des faits
- étude de droit comparé
- extradition
- Haut
- Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés
- interdiction de la torture et des peines ou traitements cruel
- inhumains ou dégradants
- ius cogens
- Loi fédérale sur l’asile du 26 juin 1998
- Loi fédérale sur la coordination entre la procédure d’asile et la procédure d’extradition du 1er octobre 2010
- motifs de refus de l’extradition
- Office fédéral de la justice
- ordre public international
- persécution
- pouvoir d’examen
- standard de preuve
- principe de non-discrimination
- principe de non-refoulement
- procédure d’asile
- procédure d’extradition
- requérant d’asile
- réfugié
- Secrétariat d’Etat aux migrations
- Tribunal fédéral
- Tribunal pénal fédéral
- unification
- Tribunal administratif fédéral
- vraisemblance
- Assessment of the facts
- asylum
- Committee against Torture
- European Convention on Human Rights
- The 1951 Refugee Convention
- comparison
- dialogue
- European Court of Human Rights
- credibility
- conflicting decisions
- political offence
- Federal Department of Justice and Police
- Duty for cooperation
- human rights
- right to be heard
- assurances
- Federal Act of 20 March 1981 on International Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
- fact-finding
- comparative law study
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- prohibition of torture or cruel
- inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
- Asylum Act of 26 June 1998
- Federal Act of 1 October 2010 on the Coordination of Asylum and Extradition Proceedings
- extradition’s grounds for refusal
- Federal office of justice
- international public Policy
- persecution
- power of review
- standard of proof
- principle of non-discrimination
- principle of non-refoulement
- asylum proceedings
- extradition proceedings
- asylum seeker
- refugee
- State Secretariat for Migration
- Federal Supreme Court
- Federal Criminal Court
- Federal Administrative Court
- likelihood
Appréciation des fait...
asile
Asylum Retrieval Info...
Comité contre la tort...
Convention européenne...
Convention de 1951 su...
comparaison
concentration
concertation
coordination
Cour européenne des d...
crédibilité
décisions contradicto...
délit politique
Département fédéral d...
devoir de collaborati...
droits de l’homme
droit d’être entendu
garanties
Loi fédérale sur l’en...
établissement des fai...
étude de droit compar...
extradition
Haut
Commissariat des Nati...
interdiction de la to...
inhumains ou dégradan...
ius cogens
Loi fédérale sur l’as...
Loi fédérale sur la c...
motifs de refus de l’...
Office fédéral de la ...
ordre public internat...
persécution
pouvoir d’examen
standard de preuve
principe de non-discr...
principe de non-refou...
procédure d’asile
procédure d’extraditi...
requérant d’asile
réfugié
Secrétariat d’Etat au...
Tribunal fédéral
Tribunal pénal fédéra...
unification
Tribunal administrati...
vraisemblance
Assessment of the fac...
asylum
Committee against Tor...
European Convention o...
The 1951 Refugee Conv...
comparison
dialogue
European Court of Hum...
credibility
conflicting decisions...
political offence
Federal Department of...
Duty for cooperation
human rights
right to be heard
assurances
Federal Act of 20 Mar...
fact-finding
comparative law study...
United Nations High C...
prohibition of tortur...
inhuman or degrading ...
Asylum Act of 26 June...
Federal Act of 1 Octo...
extradition’s grounds...
Federal office of jus...
international public ...
persecution
power of review
standard of proof
principle of non-disc...
principle of non-refo...
asylum proceedings
extradition proceedin...
asylum seeker
refugee
State Secretariat for...
Federal Supreme Court...
Federal Criminal Cour...
Federal Administrativ...
likelihood
In his thesis, the author addresses the particular problems which arise when requests for asylum and extradition are processed in parallel by different authorities, and examines approaches to resolving them. When an individual claims in the context of parallel asylum and extradition proceedings that they are a victim of persecution in the state requesting their extradition, two authorities – specifically the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) and the Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) – review de lege lata the risks of persecution, and the protection which the individual would be afforded were they to be extradited. In some cases, these authorities reach diverging conclusions and thus issue contradictory decisions, one recognising the individual's refugee status, the other ordering their extradition. In addition, investigations are required to verify the individual's allegations, which extends proceedings and thus also the time for which the individual is detained pending extradition. To remedy this problem, on 1 October 2010 Switzerland passed the Federal Act on the Coordination of Extradition and Asylum Proceedings (the Coordination Act), which entered into force on 1 April 2011. To identify the reasons for contradictory asylum and extradition decisions, and the way in which the law has affected the authorities' day-to-day practices, the author analyses a number of asylum/extradition cases. These lead him to conclude that the Coordination Act has, at least in some respects, failed. In the author's view, for as long as different authorities examine the same questions, diverging interpretations and contradictory decisions are inevitable. Asylum/extradition cases should therefore be handled by a single authority of first instance. The author believes that two conditions must be met for such an authority to be established: the laws on asylum and extradition must pursue a common aim, and the authorities concerned must have exactly the same powers of examination and resources for investigation. Following a comparative law study, as well as a comparative analysis of the laws governing asylum and extradition, the author concludes that; a) it is possible for the power to examine the risks that an individual would face in the event of their extradition to be concentrated with a single authority of first instance; b) the laws governing extradition and asylum pursue the common aim of protecting an individual from persecution; and c) these laws offer complementary protection, and those issuing asylum and extradition rulings have similar powers of examination. Drawing on these findings, the author then goes on to propose a number of ways to avoid contradictory decisions. He begins with a proposal to harmonise certain rules of procedure and to furnish the authorities concerned with exactly the same resources. He then suggests entrusting the power to rule on asylum and extradition requests to a single authority, be it existing or new. Where the first point is concerned, the author proposes suspending asylum proceedings in favour of extradition proceedings, with all powers resting with the FOJ and the Federal Criminal Court. In the second case, the author suggests giving a mixed Division of the Federal Administrative Court the power to rule as the authority of first instance and general appeal. Finally, the author proposes unifying procedures and placing the power to decide both asylum and extradition matters with the General Secretariat of the Federal Department of Justice and Police. The author admits that there are a number of obstacles to consolidating procedures, or indeed unifying them within a single joint authority of first instance. As alternatives, he thus explores a number of avenues that would improve coordination between the authorities concerned to avoid contradictory decisions, and expedite proceedings.