Rwanda and Yugoslav Tribunals: Improving Legislation on Cooperation

In accordance with Article 27 of the Statute of the Yugoslav Tribunal imprisonment shall be served in a State designated by the International Tribunal from a list of States which have indicated their willingness to accept convicted persons. As of July 3, 1996, twelve states have done so: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iran, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Sweden, and Switzerland. Unlike all other forms of cooperation states are under no obligation to cooperate with the Tribunals in the enforcement and execution of sentences. Voluntary cooperation allows states to make their willingness to cooperate conditional. For instance, the state can choose to accept only nationals, or a convicted person only after the state knows his identity...(more)