ABSTRACT

This paper outlines a range of factors associated with extradition and transnational online intellectual property offending by examining the Australian case of Hew Griffiths. In documenting key legal issues from available domestic and international verdicts examining this case, we show how broad legislative drafting in Australia works alongside the decision to initiate conspiracy charges to favour extradition. We also examine how Australian legal requirements that remove the presumption of bail for transnational fugitives limit the prospect of mounting a fair defence against extradition and during a foreign trial, and the limited direct impact of determinations by the United Nations Human Rights Committee on these national processes. We critically discuss the implications of these rulings in the Griffiths case in light of the evolving role of extradition law in a digital age and their implications on theories of criminal jurisdiction founded on the principle of extraterritoriality.

摘要

本文通过研究澳大利亚 Hew Griffiths 案件，概述了与引渡和跨国在线知识产权犯罪相关的一系列因素。在记录审查此案的现有国内和国际判决中的关键法律问题时，我们展示了澳大利亚广泛的立法起草工作如何与发起共谋指控以支持引渡的决定一起发挥作用。我们还研究了取消跨国逃犯保释推定的澳大利亚法律要求如何限制对引渡和在外国审判期间进行公平辩护的前景，以及联合国人权委员会的决定对这些国家程序的有限直接影响。