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High Court orders the surrender of an individual to Lithuania to face prosecution for alleged sexual offences involving a minor, rejecting the defence's argument that the Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office was not a valid issuing judicial authority, affirming the Prosecutor General's independence from the executive and the availability of judicial protection in issuing European Arrest Warrants; and the court also dismisses the defence's claim that the offences did not correspond to Irish law, finding that the alleged acts would constitute offences under Irish legislation if committed in Ireland.
European Arrest Warrant (EAW) - sexual offences - minor - surrender - Lithuania - Prosecutor General - judicial authority - independence - effective judicial protection - Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 - Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 - mutual trust - correspondence of offences - defilement of a child - sexual exploitation of a child - High Court - Republic of Lithuania - European Union - Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA - mutual recognition of judicial decisions.
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