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The Hague, 18 September 2008
CVO/MOW/1284e
Poland Signs Enforcement of Sentences Agreement
Poland today entered into an agreement on enforcement of sentences with the ICTY, which allows for persons convicted before the Tribunal to serve their sentences in its prisons.
The agreement was signed by Mr. Lukasz Redziniak, the Polish Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, and Mr. Hans Holthuis, the ICTY Registrar, during a ceremony held today at the ICTY.
Several other Polish officials attended the ceremony, including Ambassador Dr. Janusz Stanczyk and Counsellor Andrzej Ryng.
Poland is the sixteenth state to enter into an enforcement of sentences agreement.
Previous agreements were signed with the following UN Member States:
| * Italy - 6 February 1997 * Finland - 7 May 1997 * Norway - 24 April 1998 * Sweden - 23 February 1999 * Austria - 23 July 1999 * France - 25 February 2000 * Spain - 28 March 2000 * Germany - signed two ad hoc agreements on 17 October 2000 with regards to Duško Tadić and on 14 November 2002 with regards to Dragoljub Kunarac * Denmark - 4 June 2002 * United Kingdom - 11 March 2004 * Belgium - 2 May 2007 * Ukraine - 7 August 2007 * Portugal – 19 December 2007 * Estonia – 11 February 2008 * Slovakia – 7 April 2008 |
 Mr. Lukasz Redziniak, Polish Undersecretary of State
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More than 51 persons convicted by the Tribunal have either served or are serving their sentence in one of the states. Three convicts are awaiting transfer to one of the states to serve their sentence.
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The full text of the agreement can be found on the Tribunal’s website at:
http://www.un.org/icty/legaldoc-e/basic/cooperation/sent-poland-e.pdf
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