The state's criminal jurisdiction authority, which the state
has been granted by its nature, is critical regarding public
security and justice. The principle of territoriality, which
prevails in Criminal Law, eliminates the possibility of
punishing a person who absconds to a foreign state after committing
a crime. In such cases, the issue of
"extradition" comes to the fore, and this issue
will be discussed in detail in this article.
What is Extradition?
Extradition is the return of criminals – who have
committed a crime in a state's territory and then abscond to
another state's territory – where the crime was
committed.1
In accordance with the principles of International Law, states
investigate and prosecute their own citizens according to their own
domestic legislation, and the extradition procedure will not be
applied when it comes to states' own citizens.
