The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory to this Protocol,
Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve greater unity between
its members;
Desirous of strengthening their individual and collective ability to respond to crime;
Having regard to the provisions of the European Convention on Extradition (ETS No. 24)
opened for signature in Paris on 13 December 1957 (hereinafter referred to as “the
Convention”), as well as the three Additional Protocols thereto (ETS Nos. 86 and 98,
CETS No. 209), done at Strasbourg on 15 October 1975, on 17 March 1978 and on 10 November
2010, respectively;
Considering it desirable to modernise a number of provisions of the Convention and
supplement it in certain respects, taking into account the evolution of international
co- operation in criminal matters since the entry into force of the Convention and
the Additional Protocols thereto;