Ministers of Justice of Spain, Portugal and Brazil (Mariano Fernández Bermejo, Alberto Costa and Tarso Genro), today signed a Memorandum containing the outlines of the future system of mutual surrender of criminals. In addition to these three countries, Argentina, who could not attend the appointment-scheduling problems are also integrated into this agreement, intended to spread to other countries in Latin America. This, said Minister Fernández Bermejo at a press conference "to narrow the field of what will be the big push to update the legal cooperation between these four countries to make substantial progress in what is known as extradition, ie delivery of criminal suspects more easily and quickly. " "Today, - added the English Minister, to express our political will to move on to sign a memorandum of understanding contains the outlines of a common journey short, medium and long term. " So, this morning has been a Technical Commission shall, within a short period of time, a Quadripartite Agreement in this area.
The outline of the Memorandum signed today are looking to simplify the extradition procedure through several measures: 1) Establish a new simplified system that applies generally to all crimes, a single simple system ; 2) Reducing time, so as to make the procedures as as possible. Thus, the condition of the obligation of full translation of the files will disappear. Linguistic proximity of these 4 countries, can only translate the part, not the integrity of the records, which were shortened by months the normal extradition procedures. The application of a standard bilingual and formal admission of electronic and telematic means to unify the system of extradition between these four countries; 3) Overcoming principle of double jeopardy (ie refusal of extradition if the crime is not in both countries). To Therefore, the development of a list of serious crimes, so that the crimes included in the review itself does not require typing in another country; 4) Include provisional extradition or surrender as a precautionary measure temporary. In the context of the European Union this tool works very well. The mechanism is based on a commitment to return once the person has been sentenced to serve the sentence that corresponds to your country. At the request of Brazil, the Ministers of Justice have even considered the possibility of exploring more advanced ways that allow even a temporary handover could become final during the proceedings. Fernández Bermejo has noted that the agreement "that arises from the cultural proximity and mutual trust among the four countries is a huge step in the legal-minded cooperation extended to the whole Latin American area." The Ministers of Justice of Spain, Portugal and Brazil, have reported on the conclusions of the meeting to his Argentine counterpart, although could not attend the event, shortly sign the memorandum.
The outline of the Memorandum signed today are looking to simplify the extradition procedure through several measures: 1) Establish a new simplified system that applies generally to all crimes, a single simple system ; 2) Reducing time, so as to make the procedures as as possible. Thus, the condition of the obligation of full translation of the files will disappear. Linguistic proximity of these 4 countries, can only translate the part, not the integrity of the records, which were shortened by months the normal extradition procedures. The application of a standard bilingual and formal admission of electronic and telematic means to unify the system of extradition between these four countries; 3) Overcoming principle of double jeopardy (ie refusal of extradition if the crime is not in both countries). To Therefore, the development of a list of serious crimes, so that the crimes included in the review itself does not require typing in another country; 4) Include provisional extradition or surrender as a precautionary measure temporary. In the context of the European Union this tool works very well. The mechanism is based on a commitment to return once the person has been sentenced to serve the sentence that corresponds to your country. At the request of Brazil, the Ministers of Justice have even considered the possibility of exploring more advanced ways that allow even a temporary handover could become final during the proceedings. Fernández Bermejo has noted that the agreement "that arises from the cultural proximity and mutual trust among the four countries is a huge step in the legal-minded cooperation extended to the whole Latin American area." The Ministers of Justice of Spain, Portugal and Brazil, have reported on the conclusions of the meeting to his Argentine counterpart, although could not attend the event, shortly sign the memorandum.
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