The contract between Ukraine and Georgia on transfer of persons condemned to imprisonment for further serving sentence

of February 14, 1997

Ukraine and Georgia which further are referred to as with Contracting Parties

- leaving the principles of the state sovereignty, equality and mutual respect,

- being based on rules of international law and wishing to develop interstate cooperation in the field of the criminal right,

- considering that serving condemned punishments in the state which citizens they are, assists more effective goal achievement punishment accomplishment, to return of offenders to normal life in society,

- being guided by the principles of humanity and respect of human rights, agreed about the following:

Article 1

1. For goal achievement of this Agreement defined below terms mean:

a) "State of adjudgement" - The contracting Party which court pronounces sentence about condemnation of person to punishment in type imprisonment;

b) "State of accomplishment of sentence" - The contracting Party which is given for serving sentence person who is condemned to imprisonment and is his citizen;

c) "Convict" - person who is condemned by court of one of Contracting Parties for crime execution to punishment in type imprisonment;

d) "Close relatives" - persons, being relatives

for Ukraine: mother, the father, the husband, the wife, children, brothers and sisters, grandsons, the grandfather and the grandma, the adoptive parents adopted;

for Georgia: mother, father, parents of spouses, husband, wife, children, brothers and sisters, grandsons, grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt;

e) "Competent authorities" - bodies of Contracting Parties that carry out the decision on transfer of convicts;

f) "The central bodies" - the Ministries of Justice of Contracting Parties.

2. Concerning accomplishment of this Agreement competent authorities of Contracting Parties interact through the central bodies.

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