Location, arrest, admissibility and surrender are separate extradition decisions
Georgia's Law on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters regulates extradition, provisional measures, transfer of proceedings and related cooperation. A foreign warrant, Red Notice or request may start contact, but Georgian arrest, restraint, court admissibility and the final surrender decision each require their own legal basis.
Mandate in a criminal case
The process can involve police or INTERPOL channels, the Prosecution Service, a Georgian court, the Ministry of Justice and the requesting state's authorities. Identity, dual criminality, documentation, time limits, human-rights bars, refugee or protection issues and specialty may require separate analysis.
What this page must not imply
An INTERPOL alert is not a Georgian extradition judgment. A Georgian court does not retry the foreign criminal case when deciding extradition, but the process is not automatic. Simplified extradition is a distinct, final consent route with serious consequences and should never be accepted merely to end immediate uncertainty.
Questions and actions that organise the file
Documents to request or preserve
- Arrest and restraint records
- Foreign warrant, charge or judgment
- Extradition request and certified translations
- Protection, asylum or human-rights decisions
- Georgian court and ministerial decisions
Counsel should manage liberty, deadlines, translations and evidence from the first arrest while foreign counsel addresses the underlying case. Consent, waiver, specialty and return assurances require specific advice before any position is recorded.
Primary sources for this guide
Institutional structures, consolidated legislation and procedures can change. Verify the responsible body, current Georgian text and the actual document served before relying on this guide.
Law on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters↗︎Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia↗︎