Djibouti
Practice Relating to Rule 161. International Cooperation in Criminal Proceedings
In 2010, in its initial report to the Committee against Torture, Djibouti stated:
86. The prohibition on extraditing a person to another State where he is in danger of being tortured can be deduced, by interpretation, from all the judicial cooperation agreements concluded by Djibouti with other States. …
87. … As a party to the [1984] Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Djibouti may not extradite a person without taking all relevant facts into consideration, including, where appropriate, the existence in the requesting State of a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights. This is a safety issue and a moral obligation.
88. … Djiboutian law prohibits the extradition of any individual to a State where he is in danger of being tortured. …
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118. … [Extradition agreements] … include a formal prohibition on extraditing a person … for expressing certain views, on grounds of race, religion or nationality.
119. Thus, article 4 of the extradition agreement between Djibouti and France stipulates that extradition … may be refused if the requested State has serious reasons to believe that the extradition request was made in order to prosecute or punish a person on grounds of race, religion, nationality or political belief or that the person’s situation may be aggravated for one or other of these reasons.