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The Hague, 19 September 2008
CVO/MOW/PR1285e
Albania Signs Enforcement of Sentences Agreement
Albania today signed an agreement on enforcement of sentences with the ICTY, allowing for persons convicted before the Tribunal to serve their sentences in its prisons.
The agreement was signed by H.E. Ambassador Roland Bimo and Mr. Hans Holthuis, the ICTY Registrar, during a ceremony held today at the Tribunal.
Albania is the seventeenth 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 - 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 • Poland – 18 September 2008 |
 H.E. Ambassador Roland Bimo and ICTY Registrar Hans Holthuis |
To date 53 persons convicted by the Tribunal have either served or are currently serving their sentence. Three convicted persons are awaiting transfer to one of the states to serve their sentence.
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