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AZERBAIJAN HAD ASSURED THE HUNGARIAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE THAT SAFAROV'S SENTENCE WOULD NOT BE CONVERTED BUT WOULD CONTINUED TO BE ENFORCED
armradio.am
31.08.2012 18:08
The Ministry of Public Administration and Justice of Hungary issued
comments on the transfer of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan. "Ramil
Sahib Safarov, an Azerbaijani national imprisoned in Hungary since 19
February 2004, sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Gurgen
Margaryan, an Armenian national, has requested - pursuant to the
1983 Strasbourg Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons - his
transfer to Azerbaijan in order to serve his sentence in Azerbaijan,"
the Ministry said in a statement, reminding that both Azerbaijan and
Hungary are parties to the Convention, which was promulgated by Act
No. of 1994 by the Hungarian Parliament.
Under the Convention, a person sentenced in the territory of a Party
may be transferred to the territory of another Party, in accordance
with the provisions of the Convention, in order to serve the sentence
imposed on him. To that end, such a person may express his interest
to the sentencing State or to the administering State in being
transferred under the Convention. The competent authorities of the
administering State shall continue the enforcement of the sentence or
convert the sentence, through a judicial or administrative procedure,
into a decision of that State. In case of continued enforcement the
administering State shall be bound by the legal nature and duration
of the sentence as determined by the sentencing State.
"According to the information provided by the Ministry of Justice of
Azerbaijan, under the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan the act for which
the sentence was imposed constitutes a criminal offence that may be
punished by life imprisonment. Persons sentenced to life imprisonment
may, at the earliest, be conditionally released after serving a period
of twenty-five years," the statement reads.
"The Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan has further informed the
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice of Hungary that Ramil
Sahib Safarov's sentence will not be converted but will immediately
be continued to be enforced, according to the Hungarian judgment,"
the Hungarian Ministry said in its comments.
armradio.am
31.08.2012 18:08
The Ministry of Public Administration and Justice of Hungary issued
comments on the transfer of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan. "Ramil
Sahib Safarov, an Azerbaijani national imprisoned in Hungary since 19
February 2004, sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Gurgen
Margaryan, an Armenian national, has requested - pursuant to the
1983 Strasbourg Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons - his
transfer to Azerbaijan in order to serve his sentence in Azerbaijan,"
the Ministry said in a statement, reminding that both Azerbaijan and
Hungary are parties to the Convention, which was promulgated by Act
No. of 1994 by the Hungarian Parliament.
Under the Convention, a person sentenced in the territory of a Party
may be transferred to the territory of another Party, in accordance
with the provisions of the Convention, in order to serve the sentence
imposed on him. To that end, such a person may express his interest
to the sentencing State or to the administering State in being
transferred under the Convention. The competent authorities of the
administering State shall continue the enforcement of the sentence or
convert the sentence, through a judicial or administrative procedure,
into a decision of that State. In case of continued enforcement the
administering State shall be bound by the legal nature and duration
of the sentence as determined by the sentencing State.
"According to the information provided by the Ministry of Justice of
Azerbaijan, under the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan the act for which
the sentence was imposed constitutes a criminal offence that may be
punished by life imprisonment. Persons sentenced to life imprisonment
may, at the earliest, be conditionally released after serving a period
of twenty-five years," the statement reads.
"The Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan has further informed the
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice of Hungary that Ramil
Sahib Safarov's sentence will not be converted but will immediately
be continued to be enforced, according to the Hungarian judgment,"
the Hungarian Ministry said in its comments.