Extradition as One of the Forms of Transfer of Detainees and Convicts. Albanian Experience

Abstract

International mobility and migration have been increased due to the world globalization. This situation has affected international judicial cooperation, which has become of a special importance in managing issues linked to the pursuit and conviction of foreign citizens, as well as their extradition before or after a criminal sentence. Transfer of non-nationals convicted of a crime and sentenced to their home country, has become common practice. The transfer contributes to the rehabilitation of the sentenced person. The aim of this paper is to address the legal aspects of how it applies to the Albanian criminal legislation detainee and transfer of inmates, given that the Albanian society, a society in transition, has evolved and changed with quick steps while individual deprived of liberty does not concur with a fundamentally changed reality. Herein lays the purpose of the transfer as an opportunity for more steps towards re-integration of his resocialization.