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The High Court has ordered the surrender of the respondent to the United Kingdom, affirming the validity of a Trade and Co-Operation Agreement warrant (TCAW), where the respondent had been convicted in absentia for multiple serious sexual offences. He challenged the extradition on the grounds of potential inhuman and degrading treatment in UK prisons. However, the court found no substantial risk of ill-treatment that would breach Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The court emphasized the UK's commitment to fundamental rights and the lack of evidence indicating a real risk of inhuman conditions.
extradition, Trade and Co-Operation Agreement warrant (TCAW), European Arrest Warrant Act 2003, identity confirmation, minimum gravity requirement, issuing judicial authority, defense rights, European Convention on Human Rights, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, sexual offenses, correspondence of offenses, inhuman and degrading treatment, prison conditions, mutual trust and confidence, fundamental rights, real risk assessment, overcrowding, inter-prisoner violence, Article 3 ECHR, presumption of good faith, CJEU Alchaster decision, UK prison estate.
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