Treaties — Interpretation of treaties — Consideration of preparatory work — Legislation implementing treaty and similar legislation Interpretation of — Use of treaty's trauaux préparatoires — Whether permissible — The law of Ireland

The individual in international law — Extradition — Political crimes — What are political crimes — Offence connected with political crimes — Whether extradition permissible for political crimes and offences connected with political crimes — European Convention on Extradition — Connection with a political offence — Whether connection and the connected offence should themselves be of a political character in order to make extradition impermissible — Escape from prison of a political offender — Whether a political offence — Charge of aiding and abetting such escape — Whether extradition possible — Undertaking of the requesting State that offender would not be charged with a political offence — Whether should be accepted — The law of Ireland