UNITED KINGDOM. HUMAN RIGHTS PLEDGE FOR EXTRADITION PRISONERS

Home Office Minister Andy Burnham said suspects being extradited from Britain under new fast-track proceedings would remain absolutely protected from the death penalty or torture. He told the BBC that the UK government would not permit anyone it had surrendered to another European state to be sent on to a country which violated these human rights.
"We are absolutely clear on the point that the death penalty and torture are absolute bars to extradition. "The Extradition Act 2003 makes explicit the link with human rights. We have always set a great deal of store by these points and will absolutely continue to do so."