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CONVENTION
OF THE ORGANISATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE
ON COMBATING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
The Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference,
Pursuant to the tenets of the tolerant Islamic Sharia which reject
all forms of violence and terrorism, and in particular specially those based on
extremism and call for protection of human rights, which provisions are
paralleled by the principles and rules of international law founded on
cooperation between peoples for the establishment of peace;
Abiding by the lofty, moral and religious principles particularly
the provisions of the Islamic Sharia as well as the human heritage of the
Islamic Ummah.
Adhering to the Charter of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference, its objectives and principles aimed at creating an appropriate
atmosphere to strengthen cooperation and understanding among Islamic States as
well as relevant OIC resolutions;
Adhering to the principles of International Law and the United
Nations Charter as well as all relevant UN resolutions on procedures aimed at
eliminating international terrorism, and all other conventions and international
instruments to which states acceding to this Convention
are parties and which call, inter alia, for the observance of the sovereignty,
stability, territorial, integrity, political independence and security of
states, and non-intervention in their international affairs;
Proceeding from the rules of the Code of Conduct of the
Organization of Islamic Conference for Combating International Terrorism;
Desiring to promote cooperation among them for combating terrorist
crimes that threaten the security and stability of the
Islamic States and endanger their vital interests;
Being committed to combating all forms and manifestations of
terrorism and eliminating its objectives and causes which target the lives and
properties of people;
Confirming the legitimacy of the right of peoples to struggle
against foreign occupation and colonialist and racist regimes
by all means, including armed struggle to liberate their territories and
attain their rights to self-determination and independence in compliance with
the purposes and principles of the Charter and resolutions of the United Nations;
Believing that terrorism constitutes a gross violation of human
rights, in particular the right to freedom and security, as well as an obstacle
to the free functioning of institutions and socio-economic development, as it
aims at destabilizing States;
Convinced that terrorism cannot be
justified in any way, and that it should therefore be unambiguously condemned in
all its forms and manifestations, and all its actions, means and practices,
whatever its origin, causes or purposes, including direct or indirect actions of
States;
Recognizing the growing links between terrorism and organized
crime, including illicit trafficking in arms, narcotics, human beings and money
laundering;
Have agreed to conclude this Convention, calling on all Member States of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference to accede to it.
Definition and General Provisions
Article I
For the purposes of this Convention:
1.
“Contracting State” or “Contracting Party”
means every Member State in the Organization of the Islamic Conference that has
ratified or adhered to this Convention and deposited its instruments of
ratification or adherence with the General Secretariat of the Organization.
2.
"Terrorism” means any act of violence or threat
thereof notwithstanding its motives or intentions perpetrated to carry
out an individual or collective criminal plan with the aim of terrorizing
people or threatening to harm them or imperiling their lives, honor, freedoms,
security or rights or exposing the environment or any facility or public or
private property to hazards or occupying or seizing them, or endangering a
national resource, or international facilities, or threatening the stability,
territorial integrity, political unity or sovereignty of independent States.
3.
"Terrorist Crime” means any crime executed,
started or participated in to realize a terrorist objective in any of the
Contracting States or against its nationals, assets or interests or foreign
facilities and nationals residing in its territory punishable by its internal
law.
4.
Crimes stipulated in the following conventions are also
considered terrorist crimes with the exception of those excluded by the
legislations of Contracting States or those who have not ratified them:
a)
Convention on “Offences and Other Acts Committed on Board
of Aircrafts” (Tokyo, 14.9.1963).
b)
Convention on “Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of
Aircraft” (The Hague,16.12.1970).
c)
Convention on “Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the
Safety of Civil Aviation” signed at Montreal on 23.9.1971 and its
Protocol (Montreal, 10.12.1984)
d)
Convention on the “Prevention and Punishment of Crimes
against Persons Enjoying International Immunity,
Including Diplomatic Agents” (New York,
14.12.1973).
e)
International Convention against the Taking of Hostages
(New York, 1979).
f)
The United Nations Law of the Sea Convention of 1982 and
its related provisions on piracy at sea.
g)
Convention on the “Physical
Protection of Nuclear Material” (Vienna, 1979).
h)
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence
at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation-Supplementary to the Convention
for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation (Montreal,
1988).
i)
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the
Safety of Fixed Platforms on the Continental Shelf (Rome, 1988).
j)
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against
the Safety of Maritime Navigation (Rome, 1988).
k)
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist
Bombings (New York, 1997)
l)
Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the
purposes of Detection (Montreal, 1991).
Article 2
a)
Peoples struggle including armed struggle against foreign
occupation, aggression, colonialism, and hegemony, aimed at liberation and
self-determination in accordance with the principles of international law shall
not be considered a terrorist crime.
b)
None of the terrorist crimes mentioned in the previous
article shall be considered political crimes.
c)
In the implementation of the provisions of this
Convention the following crimes shall not be considered political crimes even
when politically motivated:
1.
Aggression against kings and heads of state of
Contracting States or against their spouses, their ascendants or descendants.
2.
Aggression against crown princes or vice-presidents or
deputy heads of government or ministers in any of the Contracting States.
3.
Aggression against persons enjoying international
immunity including Ambassadors and diplomats in Contracting States or in
countries of accreditation.
4.
Murder or robbery by force against individuals or
authorities or means of transport and communications.
5.
Acts of sabotage and destruction of public properties and
properties geared for public services, even if belonging to another
Contracting State.
6.
Crimes of manufacturing, smuggling or possessing arms and
ammunition or explosives or other materials prepared for committing terrorist
crimes.
d)
All forms of international crimes, including illegal
trafficking in narcotics and human beings money
laundering aimed at financing terrorist objectives shall be considered terrorist
crimes.
Section II
Foundations of Islamic Cooperation for Combating Terrorism
Chapter I
In the Field of Security
Division I
MEASURES TO PREVENT AND COMBAT TERRORIST CRIMES.
Article 3
I.
The Contracting States are committed not to execute,
initiate or participate in any form in organizing or financing or committing or
instigating or supporting terrorist acts whether directly or indirectly.
II.
Committed to prevent and combat terrorist crimes in
conformity with the provisions of this Convention and their respective domestic
rules and regulations the contracting States shall see to:
(A) Preventive Measures:
1.
Barring their territories from being used as an arena for
planning, organizing, executing terrorist crimes or initiating or participating
in these crimes in any form; including preventing the infiltration of terrorist
elements or their gaining refuge or residence therein individually or
collectively, or receiving hosting, training, arming, financing or extending any
facilities to them.
2.
Cooperating and coordinating with the rest of the
Contracting States, particularly neighboring countries which suffer from similar
or common terrorist crimes.
3.
Developing and strengthening systems relating to
detecting transportation, importing, exporting stockpiling, and using of
weapons, ammunition and explosives as well as other means of aggression, killing
and destruction in addition to strengthening trans-border and custom controls in
order to intercept their transfer from one Contracting State to another or to
other States unless they are intended for specific legitimate purposes.
4.
Developing and strengthening systems related to
surveillance procedures, securing borders, and land, sea and air passages in
order to prevent infiltration through them.
5.
Strengthening systems for ensuring the safety and
protection of personalities, vital installations and means of public
transport.
6.
Re-enforcing protection, security and safety of
diplomatic and consular persons and missions; and regional and international
organizations accredited in the Contracting State in accordance with the
conventions and rules of international law which govern
this subject.
7.
Promoting security intelligence activities and
coordinating them with the intelligence activities of each Contracting
State pursuant to their respective intelligence policies, aimed at exposing the
objectives of terrorist groups and organizations, thwarting their designs and
revealing the extent of their danger to security and stability.
8.
Establishing a data base by each Contracting State
to collect and analyze data on terrorist elements, groups, movements and
organizations and monitor developments of the phenomenon of terrorism and
successful experiences in combating it. Moreover, the Contracting State shall
update this information and exchange them with competent authorities in other
Contracting States within the limits of the laws and
regulations in every State.
9.
To take all necessary measures to eliminate and prevent
the establishment of webs supporting all kinds of terrorist crimes.
B. Combating Measures:
1.
Arresting perpetrators of terrorist's crimes and
prosecuting them according to the national law or extraditing them in accordance
with the provisions of this Convention or existing Conventions between the
requesting and requested States.
2.
Ensuring effective protection of persons working in the
field of criminal justice as well as to witnesses and
investigators.
3.
Ensuring effective protection of information sources and
witnesses on terrorist crimes.
4.
Extending necessary assistance to victims of terrorism.
5.
Establishing effective cooperation between the concerned
organs in the contracting States and the citizens for combating terrorism
including extending appropriate guarantees and appropriate incentives to
encourage informing on terrorist acts and submitting information to help uncover
them and cooperating in arresting the perpetrators.
Division II
Areas of Islamic cooperation for preventing and combating
terrorist crimes.
Article 4
Contracting States shall cooperate among themselves to prevent and combat
terrorist crimes in accordance with the respective laws and regulations of each
State in the following areas:
First: Exchange of Information
1.
Contracting States shall undertake to promote exchange of
information among them as such regarding:
a)
Activities and crimes committed by terrorist groups,
their leaders, their elements, their headquarters, training, means and sources
that provide finance and weapons, types of arms, ammunition and explosives
utilized as well as other ways and means to attack, kill and destroy.
b)
Means of communications and propaganda utilized by
terrorist groups, how they act, movement of their leaders, their elements and
their travel documents.
2.
Contracting States shall expeditiously inform any other
Contracting State regarding available information about any terrorist crime
perpetrated in its territory aimed at undermining the interests of that State or
its nationals and to state the facts surrounding the crime in terms of its
circumstances, criminals involved, victims, losses, devices and methods utilized
to carry out the crime, without prejudicing investigation and inquiry requisites.
3.
Contracting States shall exchange information with the
other Parties to combat terrorist crimes and to inform the Contracting
State or other States of all available information or data that could prevent
terrorist crimes within its territory or against its nationals or residents or
interests.
4.
The Contracting States shall provide any other
Contracting State with available information or data that will:
a)
Assist in arresting those accused of committing a
terrorist crime against the interests of that country or being implicated in
such acts either by assistance, collusion, instigation, or financing.
b)
Contribute to confiscating any arms, weapons, explosives,
devices or funds spent or meant to be spent to commit a terrorist crime.
5.
The Contracting States undertake to respect the
confidentiality of information exchanged between them and shall refrain from
passing it to any non-Contracting States or other parties without prior consent
of the source country.
Second: Investigation
Each Contracting State pledges to promote cooperation with other contracting
states and to extend assistance in the field of investigation procedures in
terms of arresting escaped suspects or those convicted for terrorist crimes in
accordance with the laws and regulations of each country.
Third: Exchange of Expertise
1.
Contracting States shall cooperate with each other to
undertake and exchange studies and researches on combating terrorist crimes as
well as exchange of expertise in this field.
2.
Contracting States shall cooperate within the scope of
their capabilities to provide available technical assistance for preparing
programs or holding joint training sessions with one or more Contracting
State if the need arises for personnel required in the field of combating
terrorism in order to improve their scientific and practical potential and
upgrade their performance standards.
Fourth: Education and Information Field
The Contracting States shall cooperate in:
1.
Promoting information activities and supporting the mass
media in order to confront the vicious campaign against Islam, by projecting the
true image of tolerance of Islam and exposing the designs and danger of
terrorist groups against the stability and security of Islamic States.
2.
Including the noble human values,
which proscribe the practice of terrorism in the educational curricula of
Contracting States.
3.
Supporting efforts aimed at keeping abreast of the age by
introducing an advanced Islamic thought based on ijtihad by which Islam is
distinguished.
Chapter II
In the Judicial Field
Section I
Extraditing Criminals
Article 5
Contracting States shall undertake to extradite those indicted or convicted of
terrorist crimes, requested for extradition by any of these countries in
compliance with the rules and conditions stipulated in this Convention.
Article 6
Extradition shall not be permissible in the following cases:
1.
If the Crime for which extradition is requested is deemed
by the laws enforced in the requested Contracting State as one of a
political nature and without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2.
paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Convention for which extradition is requested.
2.
If the Crime for which extradition is sought relates
solely to a dereliction of military obligations.
3.
If the Crime for which extradition is requested, was
committed in the territory of the requested Contracting State,
unless this crime has undermined the interests of the requesting
Contracting State and its laws stipulate that the perpetrators of those crimes
shall be prosecuted and punished providing that the requested country has not
commenced investigation or trial.
4.
If the Crime has been the subject of a final sentence
which has the force of law in the requested Contracting State.
5.
If the action at the time of the extradition request
elapsed or the penalty prescribed in accordance with the law in the
Contacting State requesting extradition.
6.
Crimes committed outside the territory of the requesting
Contracting State by a person who was not its national and the law of the
requested Contracting State does not prosecute such a crime if perpetrated
outside its territory by such a person.
7.
If pardon was granted and included the perpetrators of
these crimes in the requesting Contracting State.
8.
If the legal system of the requested State does not
permit extradition of its national, then it shall be obliged to prosecute
whosoever commits a terrorist crime if the act is punishable in both States by a
freedom restraining sentence for a minimum period of one year or more. The
nationality of the person requested for extradition shall be determined
according to the date of the crime taking into account
the investigation undertaken in this respect by the requesting State.
Article 7
If the person requested for extradition is under investigation or trial for
another crime in the requested State, his extradition
shall be postponed until the investigation is disposed of or the trial is over
and the punishment implemented. In this case, the requested State shall
extradite him provisionally for investigation or trial on condition that he
shall be returned to it before execution of the sentence issued in the requested
State.
Article 8
For the purpose of extraditing crime perpetrators according to this Convention.
the domestic legislations of Contracting States shall not have any bearing as to
their differences with respect to the crime being classified as a felony or
misdemeanor, nor as to the penalty prescribed for it.
Section II
Rogatory Commission
Article 9
Each Contracting State shall request from any other Contracting State to
undertake in its territory rogatory action with respect
to any judicial procedures concerning an action involving a terrorist crime and
in particular:
1. To hear witnesses and testimonies taken as evidence.
2. To communicate legal documents.
3. To implement inquiry and detention procedures.
4. To undertake on the scene inspection and analyze evidence.
5. To obtain necessary evidence or documents or
records or their certified copies.
Article 10
Each Contracting State shall implement rogatory commissions related to terrorist
crimes and may reject the request for implementation with
respect to the following cases.
1.
If the crime for which the request is made, is the
subject of a charge, investigation or trial in the country requested to
implement rogatory commission.
2.
If the implementation of the request prejudices the
sovereignty or the security or public order of the country charged with this
mission.
Article 11
The request for rogatory mission shall be implemented promptly in accordance
with the provisions of the domestic laws of the requested State and which may
postpone its implementation until its investigation and prosecution procedures
are completed on the same subject or until the compelling reasons that called
for postponement are removed. In this case the requesting State shall be
informed of this postponement.
Article 12
The request for a rogatory commission related to a terrorist crime shall not be
refused on the grounds of the rule of transaction confidentiality for banks and
financial institutions. And in the implementation of the request the rules of
the enforcing State are to be followed.
Article 13
The procedure, undertaken through rogatory commission in accordance with the
provisions of this Convention, shall have the same legal effect as if it was
brought before the competent authority in the State requesting rogatory
commission. The results of its implementation shall only be utilized within the
scope of the rogatory commission.
Section 3
Judicial Cooperation
Article 14
Each Contracting State shall extend to the other contracting parties every
possible assistance as may be necessary for investigation or trial proceedings
related to terrorist crimes.
Article 15
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If judicial competence accrues to one of the Contracting States for
the prosecution of a subject accused of a terrorist
crime, this State may request the country which hosts the suspect to prosecute
him for this crime subject to the host country's consent and providing the crime
is punishable in that country by a freedom restraining sentence for at least one
year or by a more severe sanction. In such a case the requesting State shall
pass all investigation documents and evidence related to the crime to the
requested State.
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Investigation or trial shall be conducted on the grounds of the case
or cases brought by the requesting State against the
accused in accordance with the legal provisions and procedures of the country
holding the trial.
Article 16
The request for trial on the basis of para (1) of the previous article entails
the suspension of procedures of prosecution, investigation and trial in the
territory of the requesting State except those relating to the requisites of
cooperation, assistance or rogatory commission sought by the State requested to
hold the trial procedures.
Article 17
1.
Procedures undertaken in either of
the two States - the requesting State or the one where the trial is held - shall
be subject to the law of the country where the procedure is executed and which
shall have legal preeminence as may be stipulated in its legislation.
2.
The requesting State shall not bring to trial or retrial
the accused subject unless the requested State refuses to prosecute him.
3.
In all cases the State requested to hold trial shall
inform the requesting country of its action with respect to the request for
trial and shall communicate to it the results of its investigations or trial
proceedings.
Article 18
The State requested to hold trial may undertake all measures and procedures
stipulated by its legislation regarding the accused both before and after the
request for trial is received.
Section 4
SEIZED ASSETS AND PROCEEDS OF THE CRIME
Article 19
1.
If the extradition of a subject is decided, the
Contracting State shall hand over to the requesting State
the assets and proceeds seized, used or related to the terrorist crime, found in
the possession of the wanted subject or with a third party.
2.
The material mentioned in the previous item shall be
handed over even if the accused has not been extradited either due to his
escape, death or any other reason after ensuring that these were connected with
the terrorist crime.
3.
The provisions contained in the two previous items shall
not prejudice the rights of any of the Contracting
States or bona fide from others with respect to the above-mentioned assets and
proceeds.
Article 20
The State requested to hand over the assets and proceeds may undertake all
necessary custodial measures and procedures for the implementation
of its obligation. It may also retain them provisionally if required for
penal action implemented therein or hand them to the requesting State on
condition that they shall be returned for the same purpose.
Section 5
Exchange of Evidence
Article 21
A Contracting State shall see to it that the evidence and effects of any
terrorist crime committed on its territory against another Contracting State are
examined by its competent organs and may seek assistance to that end from any
other Contracting State. Moreover, it shall take every necessary step to
safeguard the evidence and proof of their legal relevance. It may communicate,
if requested, the result to the country whose interest were targeted by the
crime. The State or States which have assisted in this case shall not pass this
information to others.
Part III
Mechanism for Implementing Cooperation
Chapter I
Extradition Procedures
Article 22
The exchange of extradition requests between Contracting
States shall be
Undertaken directly through diplomatic channels or through their Ministries of
Justice
or their substitute.
Article 23
A request for extradition shall be submitted in writing and shall include:
1.
The original or an authenticated
copy of the indictment, arrest order or any other instruments of identical
weight issued in line with the conditions stipulated in the requesting State’s
legislation.
2.
A statement of the acts for which extradition is sought
specifying the dates and places, where these acts were committed and their legal
implications along with reference to the legal articles under which they fall as
well as a copy of these articles.
3.
Description, in as much detail as possible, of the
subject wanted for extradition and any other information such as to determine
his identity and nationality.
Article 24
1.
The judicial authorities in the requesting State may
approach the requested State by any channel of written communication and seek
the preventive arrest of the wanted subject pending the
arrival of the extradition request.
2.
In this case the requested State may effect the
preventive arrest of the wanted subject. However, if the request for extradition
is not submitted together with the necessary documents listed in the above
article, the subject whose extradition is sought may not be detained for more
than thirty days as of the day of his arrest.
Article 25
The requesting State shall send a request together with the documents listed in
Article 23 of this Convention. If the requested State
accepts the request as valid, its competent authorities shall implement it in
accordance with its legislation and shall promptly notify the requesting State
of the action undertaken.
Article 26
1.
In all cases stipulated in the two articles above,
preventive detention shall not exceed sixty days after the date of arrest.
2.
Temporary release may be effected during the period
stipulated in the previous article and the requested State shall take
appropriate measures to ensure that the wanted subject does not escape.
3.
Release shall not prevent the re-arrest of the subject
and his extradition if it was requested after his release.
Article 27
If the requested State requires additional clarification to ascertain the
conditions stipulated in this chapter, it shall notify the requesting State
thereof and fix a date for provision of such clarifications.
Article 28
If the requested State received a number of extradition requests from various
countries related to the same or diverse acts, this State shall decide upon
these requests bearing in mind the circumstances and in particular the
possibility of subsequent extradition, date of receiving the requests, degree of
the danger of the crime and where it was committed.
Chapter II
Measures for Rogatory Commissions
Article 29
Rogatory Commission requests must specify the following:
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The competent authority that
issued the request.
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Subject of the request and its reason.
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The identity and nationality of the person being
the subject of the rogatory commission (as may be possible)
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Information on the crime requiring rogatory
commission, its legal definition and penalty inflicted on its perpetrators along
with maximum available information on its circumstances in order to ensure the
efficient implementation of the rogatory commission.
Article 30
1.
The request for rogatory commission shall be forwarded by
the Ministry of Justice in the requesting State to the Ministry of Justice in
the requested State and returned in the same way.
2.
In case of expediency, the request for rogatory
commission shall be directly forwarded by the judicial authorities in the
requesting State to the judicial authorities in the requested State. A copy of
this rogatory commission shall also be sent at the same time to the Ministry of
Justice in the requested State. The rogatory commission shall be returned
together with the papers concerning its implementation in the way stipulated in
the previous item.
3.
The request for rogatory commission may be forwarded
directly from the judicial authorities to the competent authority in the
requested country. Answers may be sent directly through the said authority.
Article 31
Requests for rogatory commission and accompanying documents shall be signed or
stamped with the seal of a competent authority or that
authorized by it. These documents shall be exempted from all formal procedures
that could be required by the legislation of the requested State.
Article 32
If the authority that received the request for rogatory commission was not
competent enough to deal with it, it shall automatically transfer it to the
competent authority in its country. If the request is forwarded directly the
answer shall reach the requesting State in the same manner.
Article 33
Any refusal for rogatory commission shall be explained.
Chapter III
Measures for Protecting Witnesses and Experts
Article 34
If the requesting State deems that the appearance of the witness or expert
before its judicial authorities is of special importance, reference thereto
shall be made in its request. The request or summons shall include an
approximate statement in terms of compensation, travel expenses, accommodation
and commitment to make these payments. The requested State shall invite the
witness or expert and inform the requesting State about his/her reply.
Article 35
1.
No penalty nor coercive measure may be inflicted upon the
witness or expert who does not comply with the summons even if the writ provides
for such a penalty.
2.
If the witness or expert arrives voluntarily to the
territory of the requesting State, he shall be summoned according to the
provisions of the internal legislation of this State.
Article 36
1.
A witness or expert may not be subjected to trial,
detained or have his freedom restricted in the territory of the requesting
State, for acts or court rulings that preceded his
departure for the requesting State, irrespective of his nationality, as long as
his appearance before the judicial authorities of the said State is based on a
summons.
2.
No witness or expert, whatever his nationality, appearing
before the judiciary of the State in question on the basis of a summons, may be
prosecuted or detained or have his freedom restricted in any way on the
requesting State’s territory for other acts or court decisions not mentioned in
the summons and predating his departure from the State
from which he is requested.
3.
The immunity privileges stated in this Article shall
become invalid if a witness or expert remains on the requesting State’s
territories for over thirty consecutive days despite his ability to return once
his presence was no longer requested by the judiciary, or
if he returns to the requesting State’s territories after his departure.
Article 37
1.
The requesting State shall undertake all necessary
measures to ensure the protection of a witness or expert from publicity that
could endanger him, his family or his property as a result of his testimony and
in particular:
a)
To ensure confidentiality of the date and place of his
arrival as well as the means involved.
b)
To ensure confidentiality of his accommodation, movements
and locations where he may be found.
c)
To ensure confidentiality of’ the testimony and
information given to the competent judical authorities.
2.
The requesting State shall provide necessary security
required by the condition of the witness or expert and of
his family, and circumstances of the case and types of expected risks.
Article 38
1.
If the witness or expert who is summoned to the
requesting State is imprisoned in the requested State, he shall be provisionally
transferred to the location of the hearing at which he is
to testify according to conditions and times determined by the requested State.
2.
Transfer may be denied:
a)
If the witness or expert refuses.
b)
If his presence is necessary for undertaking criminal
procedures in the territory of the requested State.
c)
If his transfer would prolong his imprisonment.
d)
If there are considerations militating against his
transfer.
3.
The transferred witness or expert shall remain in
detention in the territory of the requesting State until he is repatriated to
the requested state unless the latter requests his release.
Section IV
Final Provisions
Article 39
This Convention shall be ratified, or adhered to, by the Signatory States and
the instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the General
Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference not exceeding a period
of thirty days as of the date of ratification or accession. The General
Secretariat shall inform all Member States about any deposition and date of such
instruments.
Article 40
1. This Convention shall enter into force thirty days after the deposit
of the seventh instrument of ratification or accession at the OIC General
Secretariat.
2. This Convention shall not be applicable to any other Islamic State
until it deposits its instruments of ratification or accession with the General
Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and after a period of
thirty days of the date of deposition.
Article 41
It is not permissible for any Contracting State to make any reservation,
explicitly or implicitly in conflict with the provisions of this Convention or
deviating from its objectives.
Article 42
1.
A Contracting State shall not withdraw from this
Convention except by a written request to the Secretary General of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference.
2.
Withdrawal shall be affective six months after the date
of sending the request to the Secretary General.
This Convention has been written in English, Arabic and French of equal
authenticity, of one original deposited with the General Secretariat of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference which shall have it registered at the
United Nations Organization, in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of
its Charter. The General Secretariat shall communicate approved copies thereof
to the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
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