Ms. Janet Henchey at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On February 8th, 2023. See this statement in context.

February 8th, 2023 / 6:05 p.m.

Director General and Senior General Counsel, International Assistance Group, National Litigation Sector, Department of Justice

Janet Henchey

I think that the word “reasonable” is reasonable. I agree with that point. It is not unheard of that someone would argue, “You can't send me to this country because I'm not going to get tried within a reasonable time.” We would go back to the country and ask, “Do you have laws about ensuring that somebody is tried within a reasonable time?” For example, the United States has speedy trial laws, and we refer to this pretty regularly when people raise concerns about that.

I think it would be unduly restrictive to insist upon a particular time period, because there are so many things that you cannot predict about how a trial is going to unfold.

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