Mutual legal assistance

Unit IV 1 (International Criminal Affairs)

mutual legal assistance.

mutual legal assistance

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.

15. A request for mutual legal assistance shall contain

(vii) Mutual legal assistance (article 18)

(viii) Mutual legal assistance (article 18)

21. Mutual legal assistance may be refused

C. Mutual legal assistance treaties 8 8

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

South Africa stated that English was the acceptable language for receiving requests for mutual legal assistance.

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

The majority (82 per cent) of States reporting in the third reporting period (2002 2004) had adopted legislation on mutual legal assistance, with approximately one third having reviewed, simplified or otherwise strengthened procedures for mutual legal 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

The objective here is a criminal law instrument that would facilitate judicial cooperation, mutual assistance and extradition.

Finland stated that the Ministry of Justice was the central authority competent to receive, execute or transmit requests for mutual legal assistance

Spain stated that its central authority designated to receive, respond to and process requests for mutual legal assistance was the Ministry of Justice. Sweden stated that the central authority in Sweden competent to receive requests for mutual assistance was the Ministry of Justice

New Zealand stated that English had been designated as the acceptable language in which to make requests for mutual legal assistance.

2002 2003 Working Group for the ratification and implementation of the 1995 and 1996 European Conventions on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance, Ministry of Justice.

8. States Parties shall not decline to render mutual legal assistance pursuant to this article on the ground of bank secrecy.

8. States Parties shall not decline to render mutual legal assistance pursuant to this article on the ground of bank secrecy.

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Agreement between the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of Belize on reciprocal assistance between their customs administrations (20 September 1991)

Such judicial assistance shall be subject to the conditions provided for by the domestic law of the requested State Party or by applicable treaties on mutual judicial assistance, including, inter alia, the conditions in relation to the grounds upon which the requested State Party may refuse to grant judicial assistance or may make it subject to conditions.

In the area of Mutual Administrative Assistance, the WCO Council has recently adopted an international Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters (Johannesburg Convention), which is now available for accession.