Aida Litigation provides specialised legal support in international human rights matters, with a particular focus on extradition, expulsion, international wanted notices, and cross-border criminal cooperation. Our work also covers related matters such as prisoner transfers, international requests for witness testimony, the enforcement of foreign sentences, and serving a sentence in a state other than the person’s country of residence or nationality.
Our work is built around a human-rights-based approach. We assess each case through the standards of the European Convention on Human Rights, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, and the practice of relevant United Nations human rights bodies. This allows us to identify risks of ill-treatment, unlawful detention, unfair trial, political motivation, family-life interference, or other serious violations that may arise in extradition, expulsion, or international-search proceedings.
Our services include:
Extradition and surrender strategy
We assist in developing defence strategies in extradition and surrender cases, especially where removal may expose the person to ill-treatment, unlawful detention, unfair trial, political prosecution, or other serious human rights risks.
International alerts, including INTERPOL Notices
We prepare and support applications concerning INTERPOL Notices, Diffusions, Criminal Analysis Files, and other international police-cooperation records, including requests before the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF). In practice, INTERPOL alerts often precede extradition proceedings and may trigger arrest abroad. Managing the INTERPOL dimension early is therefore a key part of an effective cross-border defence strategy.
Local human rights engagement
We work with national human rights actors in our target jurisdictions to assess case risks, identify available support, and strengthen the broader human rights strategy where appropriate.
Cross-border criminal case coordination and analysis
We support in complex cross-border criminal cases by coordinating work across jurisdictions and assisting with communication between local counsel, international bodies, NGOs, and other relevant actors.
Applications to international human rights bodies
We assist with applications and communications before international human rights bodies, including the European Court of Human Rights, UN treaty bodies including the UN Human Rights Committee, the UN Committee against Torture, and the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). Where appropriate, we also engage with NGOs and other relevant organisations as part of a broader human rights strategy.
Urgent interim measures
We prepare urgent requests for interim measures, including Rule 39 applications, in cases where extradition, expulsion, or removal may expose the person to serious and irreversible harm.