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... 2. States Parties shall carry out their obligations under paragraph 1 of the present
article in conformity with any treaties or other arrangements on mutual legal
assistance that may exist between them. In the absence of such treaties or
arrangements, States Parties shall afford one another assistance in accordance with
their national law.
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None of the offences set forth in article 2 shall be regarded, for the purposes of
extradition or mutual legal assistance, as a political offence or as an offence
connected with a political offence or as an offence inspired by political motives.
Accordingly, a request for extradition or for mutual legal assistance based on such
an offence may not be refused on the sole ground that it concerns a political offence
or an offence connected with a political offence or an offence inspired by political
motives.
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None of the offences set forth in article 2 shall be regarded, for the purposes of
extradition or mutual legal assistance, as a political offence or as an offence
connected with a political offence or as an offence inspired by political motives.
Accordingly, a request for extradition or for mutual legal assistance based on such
an offence may not be refused on the sole ground that it concerns a political offence
or an offence connected with a political offence or an offence inspired by political
motives.
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Nothing in this Convention shall be interpreted as imposing an obligation to
extradite or to afford mutual legal assistance if the requested State Party has
substantial grounds for believing that the request for extradition for offences set
forth in article 2 or for mutual legal assistance with respect to such offences has
been made for the purpose of prosecuting or punishing a person on account of that
person’s race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin or political opinion or that
compliance with the request would cause prejudice to that person’s position for any
of these reasons.
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Nothing in this Convention shall be interpreted as imposing an obligation to
extradite or to afford mutual legal assistance if the requested State Party has
substantial grounds for believing that the request for extradition for offences set
forth in article 2 or for mutual legal assistance with respect to such offences has
been made for the purpose of prosecuting or punishing a person on account of that
person’s race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin or political opinion or that
compliance with the request would cause prejudice to that person’s position for any
of these reasons.
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