[sorabia] [Fwd: Fwd: Press Release 1285e Albania Signs Enforcement of Sentences Agreement]

[angelina markovic]

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> *International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)*
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> *PRESS RELEASE*       
> *REGISTRY*
> /(Exclusively for the use of the media. Not an official document.)/   
> *The Hague, 19 September 2008
> MOW/1285e*
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> *Albania Signs Enforcement of Sentences Agreement*
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> Albania today signed an agreement on enforcement of sentences with the 
> ICTY, allowing for persons convicted before the Tribunal to serve 
> their sentences in its prisons.
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> The agreement was signed by H.E. Ambassador Roland Bimo and Mr. Hans 
> Holthuis, the ICTY Registrar, during a ceremony held today at the 
> Tribunal.
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> Albania is the seventeenth state to enter into an enforcement of 
> sentences agreement.
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> Previous agreements were signed with the following UN Member States:
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>    1. Italy - 6 February 1997
>    2. Finland - 7 May 1997
>    3. Norway - 24 April 1998
>    4. Sweden - 23 February 1999
>    5. Austria - 23 July 1999
>    6. France - 25 February 2000
>    7. Spain - 28 March 2000
>    8. Germany - signed two /ad hoc/ agreements on 17 October 2000 with
>       regards to Duško Tadić and on 14 November 2002 with regards to
>       Dragoljub Kunarac
>    9. Denmark - 4 June 2002
>   10. United Kingdom - 11 March 2004
>   11. Belgium - 2 May 2007
>   12. Ukraine - 7 August 2007
>   13. Portugal – 19 December 2007
>   14. Estonia – 11 February 2008
>   15. Slovakia – 7 April 2008
>   16. Poland – 18 September 2008
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> To date 53 persons convicted by the Tribunal have either served or are 
> currently serving their sentence. Three convicted persons are awaiting 
> transfer to one of the states to serve their sentence.
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> *The full text of the agreement can be found on the Tribunal’s website 
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> _http://www.un.org/icty/legaldoc-e/basic/cooperation/sent-albania-e.pdf_
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