Kamiar v. State of Israel
Israel Supreme Court
CrimA 131/67, 22(2) PD 85 (1968)

- Written by Whitney Waldenberg, JD
Facts
. The State of Israel (defendant) permitted the extradition of a person to another country if there was an international extradition treaty with the country and other conditions were met. The district court of Jerusalem declared that Kamiar (plaintiff) was extraditable to Switzerland. Kamiar challenged extradition on two grounds. First, he argued that the Israeli ambassador to Switzerland was not authorized to sign the extradition treaty between Israel and Switzerland, and then he argued that the treaty was improperly ratified by the executive branch as opposed to the legislature (the Knesset).
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Cohen, J.)
Concurrence (Agranat, C.J.)
Concurrence (Landau, J.)
Concurrence (Levy, J.)
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