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China, Interpol to strengthen cooperation in hunting fugitives
Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CCDI) Zhao Hongzhu met here Monday with Jurgen Stock, Secretary-General of Interpol.
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China's legislature ratifies extradition treaties, anti-terror convention in 2014
China approved two new extradition treaties and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Counter-Terrorism Convention at the top legislature's bimonthly session on Dec 28, 2014.
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China, Thailand establish mutual judicial assistance in 2005
China and Thailand on Jan 21 exchanged instruments of ratification of the Treaty between the People's Republic of China and the Kingdom of Thailand on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters.
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China signs 21 judicial treaties with Int'l community in 2006
China has signed 21 bilateral judicial assistance treaties on criminal matters with 21 countries, which will enhance China's judicial cooperation with the international community, sources from the Ministry of Justice said.
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China ratifies the treaty between China and Japan on criminal judicial assistance in 2008
It was decided by voting at the fourth session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People’s Congress on August 29, 2008 that the Treaty between the People's Republic of China and Japan on Criminal Judicial Assistance was ratified.
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Extradition treaties with Australia, France set in 2008
The treaties, one signed between China and France in March in 2007 and another between China and Australia in September 2007, cover issues such as extradition obligations, extraditable offenses, reasons that can and should be used to refuse extradition, and property transfer as well as the settlement of disputes.
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China ratifies extradition treaty with Italy in 2011
China's top legislature approved a China-Italy extradition treaty, on Dec 31, 2011.
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- China's judicial assistance
A narrow description of judicial assistance would be “investigating and collecting evidence, as well as serving judicial papers or documents”. A broader definition would include civil and commercial matters, criminal justice, extradition, and the transfer of prisoners.
- Chinese Cooperation with Foreign Countries in Judicial Affairs
China has been cooperating with foreign countries in judicial assistance since the mid-1980s and is cooperating in the area of extradition and transfer of criminals.
- Commercial Judicial Assistance
China currently has treaties on civil and commercial judicial assistance with 13 countries and has treaties on civil and criminal judicial assistance and treaties on civil, commercial and criminal judicial assistance with 19 countries.
