In a judgment delivered on 23 April 2026 (C-528/24, Boothnesse), the EU Court of Justice held that, under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the mere possibility that the requesting State may breach of the rule of speciality does not, in itself, justify refusal of surrender. What matters is whether that feared breach gives rise to a real risk of a violation of fundamental rights. The case arose from proceedings before the Irish Supreme Court concerning three individua

When war reshapes a country’s legal system, can extradition still be justified? A recent judgment delivered on 29 October 2025 by the Court of Appeal of Paris  (Ninth Investigating Chamber, in case no. 2024/10328) suggests that the answer is far from straightforward. The full text of the judgment is enclosed below. The French case-law What makes the judgment particularly significant is the Court’s rigorous scrutiny of the guarantees  offered by Ukraine. Despite all basic requ