requested State Party may refuse extradition or make it subject to certain
conditions.
7. Nothing in this Convention shall be interpreted as imposing
an obligation to extradite if the requested State Party has substantial
grounds for believing that the request has been made for the purpose of
prosecuting or punishing a person on account of that person’s sex, race,
religion, nationality, ethnic origin, political opinions or membership of a
particular social group, or that compliance with the request would cause
harm to that person for any one of these reasons.
Article 14
1. States Parties shall afford one another the greatest measure of
mutual legal assistance in connection with criminal proceedings brought
in respect of an offence of enforced disappearance, including the supply
of all evidence at their disposal that is necessary for the proceedings.
2. Such mutual legal assistance shall be subject to the conditions
provided for by the domestic law of the requested State Party or by
applicable treaties on mutual legal assistance, including, in particular, the
conditions in relation to the grounds upon which the requested State
Party may refuse to grant mutual legal assistance or may make it subject
to conditions.
Article 15
States Parties shall cooperate with each other and shall afford one
another the greatest measure of mutual assistance with a view to assisting
victims of enforced disappearance, and in searching for, locating and
releasing disappeared persons and, in the event of death, in exhuming
and identifying them and returning their remains.
Article 16
1. No State Party shall expel, return (“refouler”), surrender or
extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds
for believing that he or she would be in danger of being subjected to
enforced disappearance.
2. For the purpose of determining whether there are such grounds,
the competent authorities shall take into account all relevant considerations,
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