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PACE COMMITTEE CONDEMNS USE OF EUROPEAN CONVENTION IN RAMIL SAFAROV'S CASE
Thursday 29 May 2014 10:55
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/foreignpolicy/10381/
Yerevan /Mediamax/. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe (PACE) Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights condemned
the use of Article 12 of the European Convention on the Transfer of
Sentenced Persons by Azerbaijan in the case of Ramil Safarov convicted
for murdering Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan.
As PACE official website reports, PACE Committee described the use
of the European Convention by Azerbaijan to release Safarov "as a
violation of the principles of good faith in international relations
and of the rule of law".
The Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons provides for the
transfer of foreign prisoners to their home countries. Its purpose
is primarily humanitarian, to improve prospects of rehabilitation
and reintegration of prison inmates into society.
The draft resolution notes with concern that the Convention was
invoked in order to justify the immediate release upon transfer to
Azerbaijan of Ramil Safarov.
"Upon his arrival in Azerbaijan, he was welcomed as a national hero",
the draft resolution reads.
The text underlines that the Convention "is not designed to be used
for the immediate release of prisoners upon return to their own
country". It underscores the importance of "applying the Convention
in good faith".
The draft resolution should be presented for debate to the Assembly
later in 2014.
Thursday 29 May 2014 10:55
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/foreignpolicy/10381/
Yerevan /Mediamax/. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe (PACE) Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights condemned
the use of Article 12 of the European Convention on the Transfer of
Sentenced Persons by Azerbaijan in the case of Ramil Safarov convicted
for murdering Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan.
As PACE official website reports, PACE Committee described the use
of the European Convention by Azerbaijan to release Safarov "as a
violation of the principles of good faith in international relations
and of the rule of law".
The Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons provides for the
transfer of foreign prisoners to their home countries. Its purpose
is primarily humanitarian, to improve prospects of rehabilitation
and reintegration of prison inmates into society.
The draft resolution notes with concern that the Convention was
invoked in order to justify the immediate release upon transfer to
Azerbaijan of Ramil Safarov.
"Upon his arrival in Azerbaijan, he was welcomed as a national hero",
the draft resolution reads.
The text underlines that the Convention "is not designed to be used
for the immediate release of prisoners upon return to their own
country". It underscores the importance of "applying the Convention
in good faith".
The draft resolution should be presented for debate to the Assembly
later in 2014.