CHRISTIAN TER STEPANIAN SIGNS ADDITIONAL REPORT ON CONVENTION "ON THE TRANSFER OF SENTENCED PERSONS"

Noyan Tapan
Dec 25 2006

STRASBOURG, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. Christian Ter Stepanian, the
Permanent Representative-Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the
Council of Europe signed an additional report on the Concil of Europe
Convention "On the Transfer of Sentenced Persons." According to the
information submitted to Noyan Tapan by the RA Press and Information
Department, the additional report envisages principles regulating
transfer of sentenced people run away to the state of origin from
the state passed a statement as well as subject to expulsion to the
state of origin because of sentence to take their punishment in the
state of their origin. The goal of the Convention "On the Transfer
of Sentenced Persons," which has come into force for Armenia since
2001, is to support social re-integration of sentenced foreigners by
allowing them take their punishment in the country of their origin. The
convention allows to avoid serious consequences which may arise for
a foreigner in the case of taking punishment in the state passed the
sentence, becasue of communication, language problems and absence of
contact with the family.