European Arrest Warrant and its Impact on Extradition Law in the European Union

Extradition is one of the old measures of international judicial assistance in criminal matters which is agreed in bilateral and multilateral conventions. As a result of the increase of transnational offences in Europe, the member states of the European Union have faced to a new challenge in combating these offences and insufficiencies of classic procedure of extradition has been revealed. Facing this situation, the member states of the European Union have replaced European arrest warrant to extradition. The new mechanism does not have the restrictions of extradition and has caused an evolution in extradition law in these countries. The present article examines the above-said restrictions and the evolution which is appeared in this matter.