Mutual legal assistance

Unit IV 1 (International Criminal Affairs)

The Mutual Legal Assistance Act

A committee of member states should be formed and headed by the GCC's Under Secretary for security to help develop the GCC Center and expand it to cover a range of other issues The First phase create a virtual center that works on deterrence, planning, and response to incidents.

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15. A request for mutual legal assistance shall contain

(vii) Mutual legal assistance (article 18)

(viii) Mutual legal assistance (article 18)

Mutual legal assistance (art. 18)

21. Mutual legal assistance may be refused

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(3) It authorizes courts to seek and obtain mutual judicial assistance, provided there is a reciprocity agreement and that the confidentiality of documents relating to financial transactions is respected

398. Further information was requested about the implementation of articles 8 and 9 of the Convention, particularly with regard to the mutual judicial assistance procedure followed in practice.

1. States Parties shall afford one another the widest measure of mutual legal assistance in investigations, prosecutions and judicial proceedings in relation to the offences covered by this Convention.

In all, there are 10 public defender's offices or centers for public defense devoted to assist women.

Viet Nam actively took part in the workshop and made certain contribution to the outcome of the workshop, especially in the issues of mutual assistance of judicial matters, extradition.

23. Reasons shall be given for any refusal of mutual legal assistance.

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Also important is the increase in the number of public defender's offices or centers for public defense in different states of Brazil.

Bilateral agreements on judicial assistance, letters rogatory and extradition between Benin and another country (Agreement on cooperation in justice matters between France and Dahomey).

21. Mutual legal assistance may be refused

Examination of the possibilities of various kinds of mutual assistance in the field

Article 18 requires States parties to afford one another the widest measure of mutual legal assistance in investigations, prosecutions and judicial proceedings in relation to offences covered by the Convention.

Our region has a well developed framework that has been utilized in the fight against illicit narcotic trafficking, the laundering of funds generated by these activities, and in the area of mutual judicial assistance generally.

(l) International cooperation, including mutual legal assistance and extradition

In 1990, Botswana enacted the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act.

In 2003 and 2004, with the support of the SPM, 100 of the public defenders and staff in the State of Paraíba Public Defender's Office were trained in this area.

While fewer States were using mutual legal assistance than extradition, there seemed to be fewer legal and formal difficulties in sending and executing requests for mutual legal assistance than for extradition.

Malawi stated that the competent authority charged with the responsibility of coordinating and rendering mutual legal assistance was

It will include a case management tracking system for incoming and outgoing mutual legal assistance requests.

Participating States note that the Member States of the European Union are bound to apply the EU legal instruments related to terrorism, transnational organized crime and corruption.

Judicial organs will have new tasks not only because of the need for action on mutual legal assistance in investigations and prosecution proceedings, but also because of the complexity of the factual and legal material of the cases to be examined.

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Furthermore, under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal and Related Matters Act 2003, the Attorney General is the central authority for receiving all requests for mutual assistance.

(c) Training competent authorities in the preparation of requests for mutual legal assistance that meet the requirements of this Convention

Estonia stated that it had designated the Ministry of Justice the central authority to receive the requests for mutual legal assistance

Malta stated that it designated the Attorney General the central authority to receive requests for mutual assistance

(d) Provide persons under 18 with legal or other assistance at an early stage of judicial proceedings

3. Mutual legal assistance to be afforded in accordance with this article may be requested for any of the following purposes

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Mexico stated that the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic had been designated the central authority in matters of mutual legal assistance

Poland stated that the Ministry of Justice had been designated the central authority competent to receive requests for mutual legal assistance

Romania stated that the Romanian central authorities designated to receive the requests for mutual legal assistance were

Lesotho stated that the English language was acceptable for purposes of requests for mutual legal assistance.