05 May 2009 :

China's top legislature ratified a treaty on extradition with Mexico. The pact was submitted by the State Council, China's cabinet, to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) for deliberation on February 25. The pact settled two major problems that may cause disputes in extradition. Mexico has banned the death penalty and usually would not deliver a suspect to another country, such as China, where he or she might be sentenced to death. Under the pact, the two sides agreed to settle solutions based on individual cases, instead of writing this in the pact as one of the refusal excuses. In addition, under domestic laws, China will not deliver a citizen of Chinese nationality to another country. Mexican law allows its own citizens to be extradited. In the pact, the two sides agreed that both of them have the right to refuse extradition of their own citizens. But the suspects would be taken to court in their own country under the request of the other country. The latter should provide related documents and evidence.