The Nordic Arrest Warrant: What Makes for Even Higher Mutual Trust?

DOI10.1177/203228441100200403
AuthorKarri Tolttila
Published date01 December 2011
Date01 December 2011
Subject MatterAnalysis and Opinions
368 Intersenti a
THE NORDIC ARREST WARRANT: WHAT
MAKES FOR EVEN HIGHER MUTUAL TRUST?
K T*
ABSTRACT
e Nordic countries have a history of cl ose cooperation in criminal law matters. One of
the latest examples of thi s cooperation is the Nordic Arrest Warrant, signed in 2005. is
article discus ses the development of extradition law in the Nordic countr ies. e aim is to
nd the various reasons for e ective and ecient Nordic cooperation in extradition law.
Keywords: intra-Nordic extradition; Nordic Arrest Warrant; Nordic cooperation in
crim inal law
1. INTRODUCTION
e Framework Decision on the European Ar rest Warrant (FD EAW)1 was the rst
concrete measure in the area of f reedom, security and justice (AFSJ) th at was based on
the principle of mutual recognition.2 Nowadays the principle of mutual recognit ion
forms the cornerstone of judicial cooperation in the eld of crimina l law.3 However,
when it comes to the AFSJ and the EAW, establishing a fully f unctional system of
mutual recognition and t he mutual trust u nderpinning it, has not been entirely
unproblematic.
Still, at the sa me time the criticism a nd possible aws of the FD EAW have not
hindered cooperation in ext radition law in the Nordic countries. e Nordic Arrest
Warrant (NAW), based on the convention between the Nordic States4 signed in 2005
regarding surrender on the basis of an oence, represents a profound willingness to
* LL.M., Doc toral Student at the Universit y of Helsinki (Fin land).
1 Council fr amework decision (2002/584/ JHA), OJ L 190, 18July 2002, pp.1–18.
2 is is express ly stated in recital 6 of t he Preamble of the Framewor k Decision.
3 Article82(1) Treaty on European Un ion.
4 Denmark, Fin land, Iceland, Norw ay and Sweden.

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