2. Such State shall immediately make a preliminary enquiry into the facts.

3. Any person in custody pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall be assisted in

communicating immediately with the nearest appropriate representative of the State of

which that person is a national.

4. When a State Party, pursuant to this Article, has taken a person into custody, it shall

immediately notify the States Parties which have established jurisdiction under

paragraph 1 of Article 8 and established jurisdiction and notified the Depositary under

subparagraph (a) of paragraph 4 of Article 21 and, if it considers it advisable, any other

interested States of the fact that such person is in custody and of the circumstances

which warrant that person’s detention. The State Party which makes the preliminary

enquiry contemplated in paragraph 2 of this Article shall promptly report its findings

to the said States Parties and shall indicate whether it intends to exercise jurisdiction.

Article 10

The State Party in the territory of which the alleged offender is found shall, if it does not

extradite that person, be obliged, without exception whatsoever and whether or not the

offence was committed in its territory, to submit the case to its competent authorities for

the purpose of prosecution. Those authorities shall take their decision in the same manner

as in the case of any ordinary offence of a serious nature under the law of that State.

Article 11

Any person who is taken into custody, or regarding whom any other measures are taken or

proceedings are being carried out pursuant to this Convention, shall be guaranteed fair

treatment, including enjoyment of all rights and guarantees in conformity with the law of

the State in the territory of which that person is present and applicable provisions of

international law, including international human rights law.

Article 12

1. The offences set forth in Article 1 shall be deemed to be included as extraditable

offences in any extradition treaty existing between States Parties. States Parties

undertake to include the offences as extraditable offences in every extradition treaty to

be concluded between them.

2. If a State Party which makes extradition conditional on the existence of a treaty

receives a request for extradition from another State Party with which it has no

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