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| ARTICLE 17 |
1. A person who is being detained or is serving a sentence in the territory of one
State Party whose presence in another State Party is requested for purposes of
testimony, identification or otherwise providing assistance in obtaining evidence for
the investigation or prosecution of offences under this Convention may be
transferred if the following conditions are met:
(b) The competent authorities of both States agree, subject to such conditions as those States may deem appropriate.
(a) The State to which the person is transferred shall have the authority and obligation to keep the person transferred in custody, unless otherwise requested or authorized by the State from which the person was transferred;(b) The State to which the person is transferred shall without delay implement its obligation to return the person to the custody of the State from which the person was transferred as agreed beforehand, or as otherwise agreed, by the competent authorities of both States;(c) The State to which the person is transferred shall not require the State from which the person was transferred to initiate extradition proceedings for the return of the person;(d) The person transferred shall receive credit for service of the sentence being served in the State from which he or she was transferred for time spent in the custody of the State to which he or she was transferred.
3. Unless the State Party from which a person is to be transferred in accordance
with the present article so agrees, that person, whatever his or her nationality, shall
not be prosecuted or detained or subjected to any other restriction of his or her
personal liberty in the territory of the State to which that person is transferred in
respect of acts or convictions anterior to his or her departure from the territory of
the State from which such person was transferred.
- Referred by:
- ARTICLE 3