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BGE 4 I 234 ΓÇó Federal Court lacked jurisdiction over inter-cantonal extradition protest
BGE 4 I 234Amtliche Sammlung des Bundesgerichts (BGE) / Band I24.07.1852Inadmissible
Rocco Martinoni had been convicted in absentia by the court of Büren. Bern then sought his arrest and extradition from Ticino, alternatively the execution of the sentence. Martinoni objected, arguing that own cantonal nationals are not extraditable and that the offences were not covered by the federal extradition law. The Ticino government referred the protest to the Federal Court. The Court held that it had no jurisdiction at this stage: under the applicable federal law, only the requested cantonal government decides on the request in the first instance, and the Federal Court may be seized only if extradition is refused or if there is a dispute between cantons as to priority.
Arts. 9-10 Federal Extradition Act; federal jurisdiction in inter-cantonal extradition disputes is limited to review of a cantonal refusal or a conflict of priority between cantons. Objections of the requested person are to be raised before the addressed cantonal government, which must decide in the first instance. A direct application to the Federal Court by the requested person is inadmissible where no circumvention of the statutory safeguards is shown. The fact that a canton may extradite even where no statutory duty exists does not enlarge federal competence; the court does not decide the merits of the extradition request before the cantonal authority has ruled.
desgesetzes umgangen werden wollen, wovon im vorliegenden Falle keine Rede ist. Demnach hat das Bundesgericht erkannt: Auf diese Auslieferungsstreitigkeit wird hierorts zur Zeit nicht eingetreten, sondern dieselbe der tessinischen Kantonsregierung zum Entscheide überwiesen.