Rivas v Republic of Chile [2021] FCA 693

Federal Court of Australia

Rivas v Republic of Chile [2021] FCA 693 File number: NSD 1231 of 2020

Judgment of: ABRAHAM J

Date of judgment: 24 June 2021

Catchwords: EXTRADITION – statutory appeal under s 21 of the Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) challenging the orders of a magistrate that the applicant was eligible for surrender to the Republic of Chile under s 19(9) of Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) – where the applicant challenges the warrant, the description of the offence and the sufficiency of the statement of conduct – where the applicant asserts that the magistrate ought to have called for additional documents – where the applicant challenges that dual criminality is satisfied – where the applicant argues that all extradition objections are made out – where the applicant has not established any of the grounds of review – application dismissed.

Legislation: Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) s 11.2(1), Div 268, Subdivision C Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 (Cth) Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) ss 5, 7, 12, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22 Extradition Regulations 1988 (Cth) reg 2B Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 86, 93S, 93T Treaty on extradition between Australia and the Republic of Chile [1996] ATS 7; [1996] UNTSer 413 Arts IV, IX Criminal Code (Chile) Art 141 No.3

Cases cited: Bennett v Government of the United Kingdom [2000] FCA 916; (2000) 179 ALR 113 Cabal v United Mexican States [2001] FCA 427; (2001) 108 FCR 311 Cabal v United Mexican States (No 2) [2000] FCA 445; (2002) 172 ALR 743 Cabal v United Mexican States (No 3) [2000] FCA 1204; (2000) 186 ALR 188 Director of Public Prosecutions of the Commonwealth v Kainhofer [1995] HCA 35; (1995) 185 CLR 528 Dutton v O'Shane [2003] FCAFC195; (2003) 132 FCR 352 Federal Republic of Germany v Parker (1998) 166 ALR 522; (1998) 84 FCR 323 Griffiths v United States of America [2005] FCAFC 34; (2005) 143 FCR 182 Haddad v Larcombe (1989) 42 A Crim R 139 Harris v Attorney-General of the Commonwealth [1993] FCA 466; (1993) 45 FCR 11 Harris v Attorney-General of the Commonwealth [1994] FCA 1320; (1994) 52 FCR 386 Kalinovas v Republic of Lithuania [2015] FCA 961 Liem v Republic of Indonesia [2017] FCA 1303 Liem v Republic of Indonesia [2018] FCAFC 135; (2018) 265 FCR 251 Matson v United States of America [2016] FCA 1548 Matson v United States of America [2018] FCAFC 57; (2018) 260 FCR 187 Minister for Home Affairs v Zentai [2012] HCA 28; (2012) 246 CLR 213 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Singh [2002] HCA 7; (2002) 209 CLR 533 North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Ltd v Northern Territory [2015] HCA 41; (2015) 256 CLR 569 Pasini v United Mexican States [2002] HCA 3; (2002) 209 CLR 246 R v Tardrew (1988) 37 A Crim R 264 Republic of Croatia v Snedden [2010] HCA 14; (2010) 241 CLR 461 Republic of South Africa v Dutton [1997] FCA 708; (1997) 77 FCR 128 Rivas v Republic of Chile [2019] FCA 1940 Rivas v Republic of Chile [2020] FCA 737 Rojas v United States of America [2019] FCA 22 Timar v Republic of Hungary [1999] FCA 1518 Timar v Republic of Hungary [2000] FCA 755 Traljesic v Bosnia & Herzegovina [2016] FCA 383; (2016) 338 ALR 637 Vasiljkovic v Commonwealth of Australia [2006] HCA 40; (2006) 227 CLR 614 Zentai v Republic of Hungary [2009] FCA 284 Zentai v Republic of Hungary [2009] FCAFC 139; (2009) 180 FCR 225 Zoeller v Federal Republic of Germany [1989] FCA 802; (1989) 23 FCR 282