Press Release: Judgment in Joined Cases C-404/15 and C-659/15 PPU. Pál Aranyosi and Robert Căldăraru

The execution of a European arrest warrant must be deferred if there is a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment because of the conditions of detention of the person concerned in the Member State where the warrant was issued.

If the existence of that risk cannot be discounted within a reasonable period, the authority responsible for the execution of the warrant must decide whether the surrender procedure should be brought to an end.

• Primary Source

EurActiv, 06.04.16: ECJ makes landmark ruling on prisoner extradition http://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/ecj-makes-landmark-ruling-on-prisoner-extradition/

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