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104TH CONGRESS SEAT EXEC. REPT.
2d Session SENATE 104-28
EXTRADITION TREATY WITH BELGIUM AND
SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION TREATY WITH BELGIUM
JULY 30, 1996.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HELMS, from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany Treaty Docs. 104-7 and 104-8]
The Committee on Foreign Relations to which was referred the
Extradition Treaty Between the United States of America and the
Kingdom of Belgium signed at Brussels on April 27, 1987 and the
Supplementary Treaty on Extradition Between the United States of
America and the Kingdom of Belgium to Promote the Repression
of Terrorism, signed at Brussels on April 27, 1987, having consid-
ered the same, reports favorably thereon with one proviso to each
treaty and recommends that the Senate give its advice and consent
to the ratification thereof as set forth in this report and the accom-
panying resolutions of ratification.
I. PURPOSE
Modern extradition treaties (1) identify the offenses for which ex-
tradition will be granted, (2) establish procedures to be followed in
presenting extradition requests, (3) enumerate exceptions to the
duty to extradite, (4) specify the evidence required to support a
finding of a duty to extradite, and (5) set forth administrative pro-
visions for bearing costs and legal representation.
II. BACKGROUND
On April 27, 1987, the President signed two extradition treaties
with Belgium. The Treaties were transmitted to the Senate for its
advice and consent to ratification on June 12, 1995. In recent years
the Departments of State and Justice have undertaken a mod-
ernization effort for U.S. bilateral extradition treaties to better
combat international criminal activity, such as drug trafficking,
terrorism and money laundering. The United States is a party to
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