DEALING WITH FUGITIVE TERRORIST OFFENDERS, AND THAT WE SHOULD LIKE ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE TO ACCEDE TO THE CONVENTION, LIKE OURSELVES, WITHOUT RESERVATION. HOWEVER NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE IRISH REPUBLIC HAVE RECIPROCAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION LEGISLATION FOR OFFENCES COMMITTED AFTER 1 JUNE 1976, WHICH ENABLES TERRORISTS TO BE TRIED IN ONE PART CF IRELAND FOR CFFENCES COMMITTED IN THE OTHER PART.
7. AMONG THE NINE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ARE TAKING PLACE ON AN AGREEMENT A NEUF PROPOSED BY THE BELGIANS WHICH WOULD ALLOW A COUNTRY WHICH HAS NOT SIGNED. THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION A FREE CHOICE BETWEEN EXTRADITION AND EXTRA-TERRITORIAL PROSECUTION. (THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND IS THE ONLY STATE IN THIS POSITION).
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