NCJ Number
176419
Date Published
1998
Length
7 pages
Annotation
Member states of the Council of Europe have adopted an additional protocol to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons that contains a preamble and nine articles.
Abstract
The preamble notes the aim of the protocol is to further the ends of justice and the social rehabilitation of sentenced persons. The first three articles cover general provisions of the protocol, persons who have fled from the sentencing state to which the protocol applies, and sentenced persons subject to expulsion or deportation orders. Subsequent articles deal with administrative aspects of the protocol, such as signature and entry into force, accession, territorial application, temporal application, denunciation, and notification.