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Annex C

used by Peking on 5 Auguse on

COE Convention and UK/That Agreement

In 1983 the Council of Europe for the purpose of

further developing internacional co-operation in che field of criminal justice, prepared a Convencion on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (hand over text), which provides in

certain circumstances

their home countries

for prisoners

be

CO serve cheir

transferred

sentences, provided

that both the sentencing state and the administering state

have ratió i che coavention.

2.

The Convencion has

date

been

Tacified

១

acceded

by

сеп

countries

Austria,

Canada,

Cyprus,

Denmark,

Finland,

France,

Spain,

Sweden,

che

Vaited

Kingdom and

States the United

of America.

The United

Kingdom ratified the Convencion sa

came into force for the UK oa 1 Auguse 1985.

considered that international

will be helpful to the social rehabilitation of sentenced persons and that there are clear humanitarian grounds for

ja Chei- complete their sentences

allowing prisoners

30 April 1985 and

it.

ie is

co-operacion of

this kind

OWEL

society,

che British

Convencion under Article 20(2)

enable

Hong Cong

incends side

extend

the

to

Hong Kong,

25

CO

participate

ia

field chis

Of

Latemmational co-operation.

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