Co-Operation in Judicial, Legal, Security, and Socio-Economic Matters: Extradition to Russia: What Future for Cooperation with a Country after its Exit from the Council of Europe?

The decision under comment focuses on the ground for refusal of extradition set forth in article 698(1) of the italian code of criminal procedure (iccp), namely, the risk that the accused or convicted person will be subject to inhuman or degrading treatment in the requesting country. in particular, it analyzed what type of information is necessary to assess the risk of such treatment, as well as the reliability of diplomatic assurances in this regard.