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Eleventh Circuit Approves General Noriega's Extradition to France

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

John R. Crook*
Affiliation:
General International and U.S. Foreign Relations Law

Abstract

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Type
Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 by The American Society of International Law

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References

1 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 UST 3316, 75 UNTS 135.

2 United States v. Noriega, 808 F.Supp. 791, 793-96 (S.D. Fla. 1992).

3 Pub. L. No. 109-366, §5(a), 120 Stat. 2600,2631,28 U.S.C. §2241 note (2006). Section 5(a) states: “Noperson may invoke the Geneva Conventions or any protocols thereto in any habeas corpus or other civil action or proceeding to which the United States, or. . . agent of the United States is a party as a source of rights in any court of the United States or its States or territories.”

4 Noriega v. Pastrana, 564 F.3d 1290, 1296 (11th Cir. 2009).

5 Id. at 1297-98 (citations omitted).