We discuss some peculiarities of the extradition procedure in a situation when the person to be extradited has a serious illness that prevents his/her detention. Accused persons with such a disease, if left for the entire period of extradition without qualified medical care, may be in a critical situation due to the probability of a lethal outcome. In view of this, it is necessary to consider whether detention should be applied to such persons as a preventive measure. Some peculiarities are discussed of the procedure for changing the preventive measure to a less strict one, not involving deprivation of liberty. The author formulates his arguments, recommendations and proposals concerning the improvement of the legal mechanism for extradition of the accused person wanted on an international arrest warrant.
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