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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.

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