Senior Legal Advisor
Dr. Peter Rackow
Extradition Law | International Criminal Law
Senior Legal Advisor
Dr. Peter Rackow
Extradition Law
International Criminal Law
Dr. Peter Rackow is an associate professor at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and serves as Senior Legal Advisor at Schlun & Elseven Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB. He provides the firm with academic and practical expertise in extradition law as well as international and European criminal law.
Dr. Rackow has specialized in international mutual legal assistance in criminal matters for many years and is co-editor of a leading commentary on this subject. His work enhances the professional quality of our practice in both criminal law and cross-border matters.
As former head of department at the German Police University, Dr. Rackow has first-hand knowledge of how investigative authorities operate and make decisions. He has extensive academic expertise in criminal law and criminal procedure, as well as many years of experience in private practice.
Extradition proceedings involve transferring a prosecuted person to another state for the purpose of criminal prosecution or enforcement of a sentence. In practice, extradition is frequently associated with detention. Both substantive and procedural objections can be raised against extradition decisions – particularly regarding potential human rights violations or political persecution in the requesting state.
Dr. Rackow analyzes and evaluates such proceedings from systematic legal and European law perspectives. He considers EU law alongside relevant international agreements and national regulations of the states involved. His expertise particularly supports our practice groups for extradition law and Interpol proceedings.
He combines legal precision with a clear understanding of how investigative authorities, public prosecutors, and courts operate and make decisions – both in Germany and internationally. He plays an essential role in developing and optimizing defense strategies within the firm.
Following his academic work in Göttingen, Dr. Rackow headed the department for criminal law, criminal procedure law, and criminal policy at the German Police University in Münster-Hiltrup. Concurrently, he practiced law in Hanover and Burgwedel and taught at various universities, including the University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer and Philipps-Universität Marburg. He also served as a visiting professor at Saarland University.
Dr. Rackow participated in the German team of an international EU project on the European Investigation Order and is currently engaged in a further EU initiative on the digitalization of criminal proceedings.
The Cambridge Companion to European Criminal Law, Cambridge et al. 2023 as editor with Kai Ambos.
Rechtshilferecht in Strafsachen, Baden-Baden, 2nd ed. 2020 as editor with Kai Ambos and Stefan König.
Institutionenalisierung der Verteidigung, in: Böse (volume editor), Enzyklopädie Europarecht Europäisches Strafrecht, Baden-Baden, 2nd ed. 2021, p. 1161.
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Mo – Fr: 09:00 – 19:00
24h Contact: 0221 93295960
Email: info@se-legal.de
Appointments by prior reservation only.
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