OAU Convention on the Prevention and
Combating of Terrorism, 1999
representative of the State of which that person is a national or
which is otherwise entitled to protect that person's rights or, if
that person is a stateless person, the State in whose territory that
person habitually resides;
(b)
be visited by a representative of that State;
(c)
be assisted by a lawyer of his or her choice;
(d)
be informed of his or her rights under sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and
(c).
4. The rights referred to in paragraph 3 shall be exercised in
conformity with the national law of the State in whose territory the
offender or alleged offender is present, subject to the provision that the
said laws must enable full effect to be given to the purposes for which the
rights accorded under paragraph 3 are intended.
PART IV
EXTRADITION
Article 8
1. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article,
the States Parties shall undertake to extradite any person charged with or
convicted of any terrorist act carried out on the territory of another State
Party and whose extradition is requested by one of the States Parties in
conformity with the rules and conditions provided for in this Convention
or under extradition agreements between the States Parties and within the
limits of their national laws.
2. Any State Party may, at the time of the deposit of its
instrument of ratification or accession, transmit to the Secretary General of
the OAU the grounds on which extradition may not be granted and shall at
the same time indicate the legal basis in its national legislation or
international conventions to which it is a party which excludes such
extradition. The Secretary General shall forward these grounds to the
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