1. Canada:
(Declaration made at the time of ratification
The
Government of Canada declares that under current
legislation it can neither transfer nor receive
persons under Article IX "Application of the
Convention in Special Cases" whom the competent
authority has pronounced unindictable for the
purposes of treatment. Information provided in
accordance with Article XVIII. On June 20, 1995, the
Government of Canada notified the General
Secretariat with Note OAS No. 0048, that the Central
Authority of Canada for the Convention is the
Manager, International Transfers, Correctional
Service Canada, Solicitor General Canada, 340
Laurier Avenue, West, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A
0P9.
2. Venezuela:
(Provided information in accordance with ARTICLE XI)
Appointed the Ministry of Justice as the Central
Authority competent to carry out the functions
entrusted to it in the Convention.
3. Mexico: (Provided
information in accordance with ARTICLE XI)
(September 12, 1997)
Secretaria de Gobernacion
Procuraduria
General de la República
4. Costa Rica:
(Provided information in accordance with ARTICLE XI)
(September 22, 1997)
Appointed the Dirección General de Adaptacion Social
del Ministerio de Justicia y Gracia as the Central
Authority competent to carry out the functions
entrusted to it in the Convention.
5. Chile: (Provided
information in accordance with ARTICLE XI) (March
17, 1999)
Appointed the Ministry of Justice as the Central
Authority competent to carry out the functions
entrusted to it in the Convention.
6. Brazil:
RESERVATION (May 5, 1999)
The
Brazilian Government hereby issues its reservation
to the following text, found in Article VII.2:
"including application of any provisions relating to
reduction of time of imprisonment or of alternative
service of the sentence."
(Provided information in accordance with
Artilcle XI)
Central Authority (April 26, 2001)
Secretaria Nacional de Justicia de
Brasil
Ministerio de Justicia
Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bloco T – 4.
Andar, sal 424
700900 Brasilia, DF. Brasil
Telefone: (55 61) 4293145/3394
Telefax (55 61) 2265023
7. United States:
RESERVATION / UNDERSTANDING. (May 25,2001)
(1).
Reservation. With respect to Article V,
paragraph 7, the United States of America will
require that whenever one of its nationals is to be
returned to the United States, the sentencing state
provide the United States with the documents
specified in that paragraph in the English language,
as well as the language of the sentencing state. The
United States undertakes to furnish a translation of
those documents into the language of the requesting
state in like circumstances.
(2)
Understanding. The United States of America
understands that the consent requirements in
Articles III, IV, V and VI are cumulative; that is,
that each transfer of a sentenced person under this
Convention shall require the concurrence of the
sentencing state, the receiving state, and the
prisoner, and that in the circumstances specified in
Article V, paragraph 3, the approval of the state or
province concerned shall also be required.
(Provided information in accordance with ARTICLE XI)
(May 25, 2001
8. Nicaragua:
Appointed the Supreme Court of Justice as the
Central Authority. (November 25, 2002)
9. Guatemala:
Declarations made by Guatemala when signing the
Convention:
1. Article I.3: It is the understanding of
the Republic of Guatemala that a sentence is final
when there is no legal appeal or remedy pending
against it whatsoever, the period for appeals or
remedies has expired, and no notice thereof has been
given.
2. Article VI: The Republic of Guatemala may
deny the transfer of a sentenced person until he or
she has paid the fines imposed or said fines have
been converted into prison time by the judicial
authorities, as provided for in the sentence, and he
or she has paid civil liabilities unless, in both
cases, payment is guaranteed to the satisfaction of
the State’s judicial authorities. The State retains
the right to waive or cancel, in favor of the
sentenced person, payment for the redress of damage,
as long as this is allowed under domestic law.
3. Article IX: For the Republic of
Guatemala, youthful offenders are unindictable.
Appointed the Corte de Suprema de
Justicia de la República de Guatemala as the Central
Authority.(March 1, 2006
10. Paraguay:
On
August 12, 2004, Paraguay appointed the Ministerio
de Justicia y Trabajo Subsecretaría de Estado de
Justicia (Dirección General de Justicia), as the
central authority to perform the functions described
in article IX of the InterAmerican Convention on
Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad:
Herrera esquina Paraguari, Asunción, Paraguay
Telephone: (595) 21451246