Če ena pogodbenica zahteva od druge pogodbenice izročitev osebe zaradi izvršitve kake kazni ali varnostnega ukrepa, izrečenega z odločbo, izdano zoper njo v nenavzočnosti, lahko zaprošena država zavrne izročitev, če po njenem mnenju v postopku sojenja niso bile zadovoljene minimalne pravice obrambe, priznane vsaki osebi, obtoženi za kaznivo dejanje.
When a Contracting Party requests from another Contracting Party the extradition of a person for the purpose of carrying out a sentence or detention order imposed by a decision rendered against him in absentia,. the requested Party may refuse to extradite for this purpose if, in its opinion, the proceedings leading to the judgement did not satisfy the minimum rights of defence recognised as due to everyone charged with criminal offence.