UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BILATERAL EXTRADITION TREATIES:
EXTRADITION TREATY WITH ARGENTINA
TREATY DOC. 105-18
1997 U.S.T. LEXIS 94
June 10, 1997, Date-Signed
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, SIGNED AT BUENOS AIRES ON JUNE 10, 1997
TEXT:
105TH CONGRESS
1st Session
SENATE
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
THE WHITE HOUSE, July 30, 1997.
To the Senate of the United States:
With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Argentine Republic, signed at Buenos Aires on June 10, 1997. In addition, I transmit, for the information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State with respect to the Treaty. As the report states, the Treaty will not require implementing legislation.
The provisions in this Treaty follow generally the form and content of extradition treaties recently concluded by the United States. Upon entry into force, this Treaty would enhance cooperation between the law enforcement authorities of both countries, [*2] and thereby make a significant contribution to international law enforcement efforts. The Treaty would supersede the Extradition Treaty Between the United States of America and the Republic of Argentina signed at Washington on January 21, 1972.
I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Treaty and give its advice and consent to ratification.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON.
LETTER OF SUBMITTAL DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, July 9, 1997.
The PRESIDENT,
The White House.
THE PRESIDENT: I have the honor to submit to you the Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Argentine Republic (the “Treaty”), signed at Buenos Aires on June 10, 1997. I recommend that the Treaty be transmitted to the Senate for its advice and consent to ratification. The Treaty follows closely the form and content of extradition treaties recently concluded by the United States. The Treaty represents part of a concerted effort by the Department of State and the Department of Justice to develop modern extradition relationships to enhance the ability of the United States to prosecute serious offenders, including, especially, narcotics traffickers and terrorists. [*3] The Treaty marks a significant step in bilateral cooperation between the United States anD Argentina. Upon entry into force, it would supersede the extradition treaty currently in force between the two countries, which was signed at Washington on January 21, 1972. That treaty has become outmoded and the new treaty will provide significant improvements. The Treaty can be implemented without new legislation.
Article 1 obligates each Party to extradite to the other, pursuant to the provisions of the Treaty, any person charged with or found guilty of an extraditable offense in the Requesting State.
Article 2(1) defines an extraditable offense as one punishable under the laws in both Parties by deprivation of liberty for a maximum period of more than one year, or by a more severe penalty. Use of such a “dual criminality” clause rather than a list of offenses covered by the Treaty obviates the need to renegotiate or supplement the Treaty as additional offenses become punishable under the laws of both Parties.
Article 2(2) defines an extraditable offense to include also an attempt or a conspiracy to commit, or the participation in the commission of, an extraditable offense. Additional flexibility [*4] is provided by Article 2(3), which provides that an offense shall be considered an extraditable offense: whether or not the laws in the Contracting States place the offense within the same category of offenses or describe the offense by the same terminology; or whether or not the offense is one for which United States federal law requires the showing of such matters as interstate transportation or use of the mails or of other facilities affecting interstate or foreign commerce, such matters being merely for the purpose of establishing jurisdiction in a United States federal court. With regard to offenses committed outside the territory of the Requesting State, Article 2(4) provides that an offense described in Article 2 shall be an extraditable offense if the offense has effects in the territory of the Requesting State, or if the laws in the Requested State provide for punishment of an offense committed outside its territory in similar circumstances. Article 3 provides that extradition and surrender shall not be refused on the ground that the person sought is a national of the Requested Party. Neither Party, in other words, may invoke nationality as a basis for denying an extradition. [*5] As is customary in extradition treaties, Article 4 incorporates a political offense exception to the obligation to extradite. Article 4(1) states generally that extradition shall not be granted for a political offense. Article 4(2) expressly excludes from the reach of the political offense exception several categories of offenses:
(a) an attack or willful crime against the physical integrity of the Head of State of one of the Parties, or of a member of the Head of State’s family; (b) an offense for which both Parties are obliged pursuant to a multilateral international agreement on genocide, acts of terrorism, illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, or other crimes, to extradite the person sought or submit the case to their competent authorities for decision as to prosecution; and (c) a conspiracy or attempt to commit the offenses described above, or participation in the commission of such offenses.
Article 4(3) provides that extradition shall not be granted if the competent authority of the Requested State determines that the request was politically motivated.
Article 4(4) provides that the Requested State may refuse extradition for offenses under military [*6] law that are not offenses under ordinary criminal law (for example, desertion).
Article 5 bars extradition when the person sought has been convicted or acquitted in the Requested State for the same offense, but does not bar extradition if the competent authorities in the Requested State have declined to prosecute for the acts for which extradition has been requested. In addition, extradition cannot be refused on the ground that the authorities in the Requested State, after initiating criminal proceedings, have decided to discontinue them, so long as the Requested State’s laws regarding double jeopardy would permit the future reinstitution of such criminal proceedings.
Under Article 6, when an offense for which extradition is requested is punishable by death under the laws in the Requesting State and is not so punishable under laws in the Requested State, the Requested State may refuse extradition unless the Requesting State provides assurances that the death penalty will not be imposed or, if imposed, will not be carried out.
Article 7 provides that extradition shall not be denied on the ground that the prosecution or penalty would be barred under the statute of limitations in the [*7] Requested State.
Articles 8-10 address procedures governing the presentation and processing of extradition requests. Article 8 describes the documents that are required to support a request for extradition. Article 9 provides that all documents submitted by the Requesting State shall be translated into the language of the Requested State. Article 10 establishes the procedures under which documents submitted pursuant to Article 8 shall be received and admitted into evidence in the Requested State.
Article 11 sets forth procedures for the provisional arrest and detention of a person sought pending presentation of the formal request for extradition. Article 11(4) provides that if the Requested State’s executive authority has not received the request for extradition and supporting documentation within sixty days after the provisional arrest, the person may be discharged from custody. Article 11(5) provides explicitly that discharge from custody pursuant to Article 11(4) does not prejudice subsequent rearrest and extradition upon later delivery of the extradition request and supporting documents. Article 12 specifies the procedures governing the surrender and return of persons sought. [*8] The Requested State is required to notify promptly the Requesting State of its decision on extradition and, if the request is denied in whole or in part, to provide an explanation of the reasons for the denial of the request. If the request is granted, the Parties shall agree on the time and place for the surrender of the person sought. Such person must be removed from the territory of the Requested State within the time prescribed by the law of the Requested State, or within thirty days from the time of notification by the Requested State of its decision on the request for extradition, whichever is longer. Otherwise, that person may be discharged from custody, and the Requested State may refuse a subsequent extradition request from the Requesting State for that person for the same offense. This Article also provides that if assurances in connection with application of the death penalty are required pursuant to
Article 6, they shall be provided prior to the surrender of the person sought.
Article 13 concerns temporary and deferred surrender. If a person whose extradition is sought
is being prosecuted or is serving a sentence in the Requested State, that State may
temporarily surrender [*9] the person to the Requesting State solely for the purpose of
prosecution. Alternatively, the Requested State may postpone the extradition proceedings
until the domestic prosecution has been concluded and any sentence imposed has been
served.
Article 14 sets forth a non-exclusive list of factors to be considered by the Requested State in
determining to which State to surrender a person sought by more than one State.
Article 15 provides for the seizure and surrender to the Requesting State of property
connected with the offense for which extradition is granted, to the extent permitted under the
law of the Requested State. Such property may be surrendered even when extradition cannot
be effected due to the death, disappearance, or escape of the person sought. Surrender of
property may be deferred if it is needed as evidence in the Requested State and may be
conditioned upon satisfactory assurances that it will be returned. Article 15(3) imposes an
obligation to respect the rights of third Parties in affected property.
Article 16 sets forth the rule of speciality. It provides that a person extradited under the
Treaty may not be detained, tried, or punished in the Requesting State for [*10] an offense
other than that for which extradition has been granted. However, the Article sets forth a
number of exceptions, including the grant of a waiver by the competent authority of the
Requested State. Similarly, the Requesting State may not extradite the person to a third state
for an offense committed prior to the original surrender unless the surrendering State
consents. These restrictions do not apply if the extradited person leaves the Requesting State
after extradition and voluntarily returns to it or fails to leave the Requesting State within
twenty days of being free to do so.
Article 17 permits surrender to the Requesting State without further proceedings if the person
sought directly and expressly consents.
Article 18 governs the transit through the territory of one Party of a person being surrendered
to the other Party by a third State.
Article 19 contains provisions on representation and expenses that are similar to those found
in other modern extradition treaties. Specifically, the Requested State bears the expenses for
the legal representation of the Requesting State in any proceedings arising out of a request for
extradition. The Requesting State shall bear the expenses [*11] related to the translation of
documents and the transportation of the person surrendered. Article 19(3) clarifies that
neither Party shall make any pecuniary claim against the other Party related to the arrest,
detention, examination, custody, or surrender of persons sought under the Treaty.
Article 20 provides that, for the United States of America, the term “competent authority” as
used in the Treaty means the appropriate authorities of its executive branch.
Article 21 states that the Parties may consult with each other directly in connection with the
processing of individual cases and in furtherance of maintaining and improving the
procedures for the implementation of the Treaty.
Article 22, like the parallel provision in almost all recent United States extradition treaties,
states that the Treaty shall apply to offenses committed before as well as after the date the
Treaty enters into force.
Article 23 contains final clauses dealing with the Treaty’s ratification, entry into force and
termination. Paragraph 1 states that the Treaty shall be subject to ratification, and the
instruments of ratification shall be exchanged as soon as possible. Paragraph 2 states that the
Treaty shall [*12] enter into force the day after the date of the exchange of instruments of
ratification. Paragraph 3 provides that, upon entry into force of this Treaty, the Treaty on
Extradition Between the United States of America and the Republic of Argentina, signed at
Washington January 21, 1972, shall cease to be in force, with noted exceptions. Paragraph 4
provides that either Party may terminate the Treaty at any time by giving written notice
through the diplomatic channel to the other Party, and the termination shall be effective six
months after the date of such notice.
A Technical Analysis explaining in detail the provisions of the Treaty is being prepared by
the United States negotiating delegation and will be submitted separately to the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations.
The Department of Justice joins the Department of State in favoring approval of this Treaty
by the Senate at the earliest possible date.
Respectfully submitted.
THOMAS R. PICKERING.
EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
The United States of America and the Argentine Republic (hereinafter also, “the Parties”),
Considering the Treaty on Extradition Between the United States [*13] of America and the
Republic of Argentina, signed at Washington January 21, 1972, Desiring to provide for more
effective cooperation between the two States in the suppression of crime, and for that
purpose, to conclude a new extradition treaty, Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
Obligation to Extradite
The Parties agree to extradite to each other, pursuant to the provisions of this Treaty, persons
whom the authorities in the Requesting State have charged with or found guilty of an
extraditable offense.
Article 2
Extraditable Offenses 1. An offense shall be an extraditable offense if it is punishable under
the laws in both Parties by deprivation of liberty for a maximum period of more than one year
or by a more severe penalty. When the request for extradition refers to a person found guilty
of such a crime who is sought for the service of a sentence, extradition shall be granted only
if the remainder of the sentence to be served is at least six months.
2. An offense shall also be an extraditable offense if it consists of:
(a) an attempt to commit any offense described in paragraph 1;
(b) a conspiracy as defined under the laws in the United States of America, or an illicit [*14]
association as defined under the laws in the Argentine Republic, to commit any offense
described in paragraph 1; or
(c) participation in the commission of any offense described in paragraph 1.
3. For the purposes of this Article, an offense shall be an extraditable offense:
(a) whether or not the laws in the Parties place the acts or omissions constituting the offense
within the same category of offense or denominate the offense by the same terminology; or
(b) whether or not the offense is one for which the federal laws of the United States of
America require the showing of such elements as interstate transportation, or use of the mails
or of other facilities affecting interstate or foreign commerce, such elements being for the
purpose of establishing jurisdiction in the federal courts of the United States of America.
4. In accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, extradition shall be granted for offenses
committed in whole or in part within the Requesting State’s territory, which, for the purposes
of this Article, includes all places subject to that State’s criminal jurisdiction. Extradition shall
also be granted for offenses committed outside the territory [*15] of the Requesting State if:
(a) the act or acts that constitute the offense have effects in the territory of the Requesting
State; or
(b) the laws in the Requested State provide for punishment of an offense committed outside
its territory in similar circumstances.
5. If extradition has been granted for an extraditable offense, it shall also be granted for any
other offense specified in the request even if the latter offense is punishable by deprivation of
liberty for one year or less, provided that all other requirements for extradition are met.
Article 3
Nationality
The extradition and surrender of the person sought shall not be refused on the ground that
such person is a national of the Requested Party.
Article 4
Political and Military Offenses
1. Extradition shall not be granted if the offense for which extradition is requested is a
political offense.
2. For the purposes of this Treaty, the following offenses shall not be considered to be
political offenses:
(a) an attack or willful crime against the physical integrity of the Head of State of one of the
Parties, or of a member of the Head of State’s family;
(b) an offense for which both Parties have the obligation, [*16] pursuant to a multilateral
international agreement on genocide, acts of terrorism, illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and
psychotropic substances, or other crimes, to extradite the person sought or to submit the case
to their competent authorities for decision as to prosecution;
(c) an attempt to commit any offense described in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above;
(d) a conspiracy as defined under the laws in the United States of America, or illicit
association as defined under the laws in the Argentine Republic, to commit an offense
described in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above; or
(e) participation in the commission of any offense described in subparagraphs (a) and (b)
above.
3. Notwithstanding the terms of paragraph 2 of this Article, extradition shall not be granted if
the competent authority of the Requested State determines that the request was politically
motivated.
4. The Requested State may refuse extradition for offenses under military law that are not
offenses under ordinary criminal law.
Article 5
Prior Prosecution
1. Extradition shall not be granted when the person sought has been convicted or acquitted in
the Requested State for the offense for which extradition [*17] is requested.
2. If both Parties have jurisdiction over the acts for which extradition has been requested,
extradition shall not be precluded by the fact that authorities in the Requested State have not
instituted criminal proceedings against the person sought for those acts. In addition,
extradition shall not be precluded by the fact that such criminal proceedings, although
instituted, have been discontinued, provided that the laws of the Requested State regarding
double jeopardy would permit the future reinstitution of such criminal proceedings.
Article 6
Death Penalty
When the offense for which extradition is requested is punishable by death under the laws in
the Requesting State, and the laws in the Requested State do not permit the death penalty for
that offense, surrender of the person sought may be refused unless the Requesting State
provides assurances that the death penalty shall not be imposed, or, if imposed, shall not be
executed.
Article 7
Lapse of Time
Extradition shall not be denied on the ground that the prosecution or the penalty would be
barred under the statute of limitations in the Requested State.
Article 8
Extradition Procedures and Required Documents
1. [*18] A request for extradition shall be made in writing and submitted through the
diplomatic channel.
2. A request for extradition shall be supported by:
(a) the most precise physical description possible of the person sought; any known
information regarding the person’s identity, nationality, and probable location; and, if
possible, a photograph and fingerprints of such person;
(b) a summary of the facts of the offense, and a brief explanation of the procedural history of
the case;
(c) the text of the law or laws describing the offense for which extradition is requested and
the applicable penalty;
(d) a statement that neither the prosecution nor the execution of the penalty is barred
according to the prescriptive laws in the Requesting State; and
(e) the documents, statements, or other types of information specified in either paragraph 3 or
4 of this Article, as applicable.
3. A request for extradition of a person who is sought for prosecution shall also be supported
by:
(a) a copy of the warrant of arrest issued by an appropriate authority;
(b) a copy of the charging document, if any, against the person sought; and
(c) such information as would justify the detention [*19] of the person if the offense had been
committed in the Requested State.
4. In addition to the requirements of paragraph 2, a request for the extradition of a person
who has been found guilty of or sentenced for the offense for which extradition is sought
shall also be supported by:
(a) a copy of the judgment of conviction or, if such copy is not available, a statement by a
judicial authority that the person has been found guilty;
(b) information establishing that the person sought is the person to whom the finding of guilt
refers; and
(c) a copy of the document setting forth the sentence imposed, if the person sought has been
sentenced, and a statement establishing the extent to which the sentence has been carried out.
Article 9
Translation
All documents submitted by the Requesting State pursuant to this Treaty shall be
accompanied by a translation into the language of the Requested State.
Article 10
Admissibility of Documents
The documents that accompany an extradition request, including appropriate translations,
shall be received and admitted as evidence in extradition proceedings if:
(a) the documents are certified or authenticated by the appropriate accredited [*20]
diplomatic or consular officer of the Requested State in the Requesting State; or
(b) the documents are certified or authenticated in any other manner accepted by the laws in
the Requested State.
Article 11
Provisional Arrest
1. In case of urgency, either of the Parties may request the provisional arrest of the person
sought. A request for provisional arrest may be transmitted by any written means through the
diplomatic channel or directly between the United States Department of Justice and the
Ministry of Foreign Relations, Foreign Trade, and Worship of the Argentine Republic.
2. The application for provisional arrest shall contain:
(a) a description of the person sought;
(b) the location of the person sought, if known;
(c) a brief statement of the facts of the case, including, if possible, the time and location of
the offense;
(d) a citation to the law or laws that set forth the offense;
(e) a statement of the existence of a warrant of arrest, or of a finding of guilt or judgment of
conviction, against the person sought;
(f) an explanation of the reasons for the urgency of the request; and
(g) a statement that a request for extradition of the person sought, [*21] with the appropriate
supporting documentation, will be presented.
3. The Requested State shall notify the Requesting State without delay of the disposition of
an application for provisional arrest.
4. A person who is detained pursuant to this Article may be discharged from custody upon
the expiration of sixty (60) calendar days from the date of such provisional arrest if the
executive authority of the Requested State has not received the request for extradition and the
supporting documents required in Article 8.
5. The fact that the person sought has been discharged from custody pursuant to paragraph 4
of this Article shall not be an obstacle to the rearrest and extradition of that person if an
extradition request is received at a later date.
Article 12
Decision on Extradition and Surrender of the Person Sought
1. The Requested State shall promptly notify the Requesting State of its decision on the
request for extradition.
2. If the request is denied in whole or in part, the Requested State shall provide an
explanation of the reasons for the denial. The Requested State shall provide copies of
pertinent judicial decisions upon request.
3. If assurances are required pursuant [*22] to Article 6 of this Treaty, they shall be provided
prior to the surrender of the person sought.
4. If extradition is granted, the Parties shall agree on the time and place for the surrender of
the person sought. If the person sought is not removed from the territory of the Requested
State within thirty (30) calendar days from the time of the notification described in paragraph
1 of this Article or within the time prescribed by the law of that State, whichever is longer,
that person may be discharged from custody, and the Requested State may refuse a
subsequent extradition request from the Requesting State for that person for the same offense.
Article 13
Temporary and Deferred Surrenders
1. If extradition is granted in the case of a person who is being proceeded against or is serving
a sentence in the Requested State, such State may temporarily surrender the person sought to
the Requesting State for the purpose of prosecution. The person so surrendered shall be kept
in custody in the Requesting State and shall be returned to the Requested State after the
conclusion of the proceedings against that person, or when his or her presence is no longer
required under the laws in the Requesting [*23] State. Temporary surrender shall be effected
in accordance with conditions to be determined by agreement of the Parties.
2. The Requested State may postpone the extradition proceedings against a person who is
being prosecuted or who is serving a sentence in that State. The postponement may continue
until the prosecution of the person sought has been concluded or until such person has served
any sentence imposed.
3. For the purposes of this Treaty, the postponement by the Requested State of the extradition
proceedings or of the surrender shall suspend the running of the statute of limitations in the
judicial proceedings in the Requesting State for the offense or offenses that gave rise to the
extradition request.
Article 14
Concurrent Requests
If one of the Parties receives requests from the other Party and from any other State or States
for the extradition of the same person, either for the same offense or for different offenses,
the competent authority of the Requested State shall determine to which State it will
surrender the person. In making its decision, the Requested State shall consider all relevant
factors, including but not limited to:
(a) whether or not the requests [*24] were made pursuant to treaty;
(b) the place where each offense was committed;
(c) the gravity of the offenses;
(d) the respective interests of the Requesting States;
(e) the possibility of further extradition between the Requesting States; and
(f) the chronological order in which the requests were received from the Requesting States.
Article 15
Seizure and Surrender of Property
1. To the extent permitted under its law, the Requested State may seize and surrender to the
Requesting State all articles, documents, and evidence connected with the offense in respect
of which extradition is granted. Such items may be surrendered even when the extradition
cannot be effected due to the death, disappearance, or escape of the person sought.
2. The Requested State may condition the surrender of the property upon satisfactory
assurances from the Requesting State that the property will be returned to the Requested State
as soon as practicable. The Requested State may also defer the surrender of such property if it
is needed as evidence in that State.
3. The rights of third parties in such property shall be duly respected.
Article 16
Rule of Speciality
1. A person extradited [*25] under this Treaty may not be detained, tried, or punished in the
Requesting State except for:
(a) the offense for which extradition was granted or a differently denominated or less serious
offense based on the same facts on which extradition was granted, provided such offense is
extraditable;
(b) an offense committed by that person after his or her surrender; or
(c) an offense for which the competent authority of the Requested State consents to the
person’s detention, trial, or punishment. For the purposes of this subparagraph:
(i) the Requested State may require the submission of the documents specified in Article 8;
and
(ii) the person extradited may be detained by the Requesting State for ninety (90) calendar
days, or for such longer period of time as the Requested State may authorize, while the
request for consent is being processed.
2. A person extradited under this Treaty may not be extradited to a third State for an offense
committed prior to his or her surrender unless the surrendering State consents.
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not prevent the detention, trial, or punishment of an
extradited person, or the extradition of that person to [*26] a third State, if that person:
(a) leaves the territory of the Requesting State after extradition and voluntarily returns to it;
or
(b) does not leave the territory of the Requesting State within twenty (20) calendar days of
the day on which that person is free to leave.
Article 17
Waiver of Extradition
1. If the person sought consents to surrender to the Requesting State, the Requested State may
surrender the person as expeditiously as possible without further proceedings.
2. Such consent shall be directly and expressly provided to the appropriate judicial authority
of the Requested State.
Article 18
Transit
1. Either Party may authorize transportation through its territory of a person surrendered to
the other Party by a third State. In cases of scheduled transit, such authorization shall be
requested by the Party to which the person is being extradited. A request for transit may be
transmitted through the diplomatic channel. Alternatively, such request may be transmitted
directly between the United States Department of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Trade, and Worship of the Argentine Republic, or through the facilities of the
International Criminal [*27] Police Organization (INTERPOL). The request for transit shall
contain a description of the person being transported and a brief statement of the facts of the
case. A person in transit may be detained in custody during the period of transit.
2. No authorization is required if a Party is transporting a person surrendered to it by a third
State using air transportation and no landing is scheduled on the territory of the other Party. If
an unscheduled landing occurs on the territory of a Party, that Party may require from the
other Party the submission of a request for transit as provided in paragraph 1. If required, any
such request for transit shall be provided within ninety-six (96) hours of the unscheduled
landing. The Party in which the unscheduled landing occurred may detain the person to be
transported until the transit is effected.
Article 19
Representation and Expenses
1. The Requested State shall advise, assist, appear in court on behalf of, and represent the
interests of, the Requesting State in any proceedings related to a request for extradition. The
representative appointed by the Requested State shall be legally authorized to act in those
proceedings.
2. The Requesting [*28] State shall bear the expenses related to the translation of documents
and the transportation to that State of the person surrendered. The Requested State shall pay
all other expenses incurred in that State by reason of the extradition proceedings.
3. Neither Party shall make any pecuniary claim against the other Party related to the arrest,
detention, custody, examination, or surrender of persons sought under this Treaty.
Article 20
Competent Authority
For the United States of America, the term “competent authority,” as used in this Treaty,
means the appropriate authorities of its executive branch.
Article 21
Consultation
The Parties may consult with each other directly in connection with the processing of
individual cases and in furtherance of maintaining and improving procedures for the
implementation of this Treaty.
Article 22
Application
This Treaty shall apply to offenses committed before as well as after the date it enters into
force.
Article 23
Ratification, Entry into Force, and Termination
1. This Treaty shall be subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be
exchanged as soon as possible.
2. This Treaty shall enter into force the day after the date [*29] of exchange of the
instruments of ratification.
3. Upon the entry into force of this Treaty, the Treaty on Extradition Between the United
States of America and the Republic of Argentina, signed at Washington January 21, 1972,
shall cease to be in force. Nevertheless, the prior Treaty shall apply to any extradition
proceedings in which the extradition documents have already been submitted to the courts of
the Requested State before this Treaty enters into force. Article 17 of this Treaty, however,
shall be applicable to such proceedings. Similarly, Article 16 of this Treaty shall apply to
persons found extraditable under the prior Treaty.
4. Either Party may terminate this Treaty by giving written notice to the other Party through
the diplomatic channel, and the termination shall be effective six months after the date of
such notice.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective
Governments, have signed this Treaty.
DONE at Buenos Aires, in two originals, this 10th day of June, 1997, in the English and
Spanish languages, both texts being equally authentic.
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARGENTINE [*30] REPUBLIC:
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