ARTÍCULO 515. EJECUCIÓN EN COLOMBIA. Las sentencias penales proferidas por autoridades de otros países contra extranjeros o nacionales colombianos podrán ejecutarse en Colombia a petición formal de las respectivas autoridades extranjeras, formulada por la vía diplomática.
ARTÍCULO 516. REQUISITOS. Para que la sentencia extranjera pueda ser ejecutada en nuestro país deben cumplirse como mínimo los siguientes requisitos:
1. Que no se oponga a los Tratados Internacionales suscritos por Colombia, o a la Constitución Política o a las leyes de la República.
2. Que la sentencia se encuentre en firme de conformidad con las disposiciones del país extranjero.
3. Que en Colombia no se haya formulado acusación, ni sentencia ejecutoriada de los jueces nacionales, sobre los mismos hech os, salvo lo previsto en el numeral 1 del artículo 16 del Código Penal.
4. Que a falta de tratados públicos, el Estado requirente ofrezca reciprocidad en casos análogos.
ARTÍCULO 517. TRÁMITE. La solicitud deberá ser tramitada ante el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Este remitirá el asunto a la Sala Penal de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, la que decidirá sobre la ejecución de la sentencia extranjera.
No se hará nuevo juzgamiento en Colombia, excepto lo dispuesto en el artículo 16 del Código Penal.
(a) A sentence of imprisonment shall be served in a State designated by the Court from a list of States which have indicated to the Court their willingness to accept sentenced persons.
(b) At the time of declaring its willingness to accept sentenced persons, a State may attach conditions to its acceptance as agreed by the Court and in accordance with this Part.
(c) A State designated in a particular case shall promptly inform the Court whether it accepts the Court's designation.
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(a) The State of enforcement shall notify the Court of any circumstances, including the exercise of any conditions agreed under paragraph 1, which could materially affect the terms or extent of the imprisonment. The Court shall be given at least 45 days' notice of any such known or foreseeable circumstances. During this period, the State of enforcement shall take no action that might prejudice its obligations under article 110.
(b) Where the Court cannot agree to the circumstances referred to in subparagraph (a), it shall notify the State of enforcement and proceed in accordance with article 104, paragraph 1.
3. In exercising its discretion to make a designation under paragraph 1, the Court shall take into account the following:
(a) The principle that States Parties should share the responsibility for enforcing sentences of imprisonment, in accordance with principles of equitable distribution, as provided in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;
(b) The application of widely accepted international treaty standards governing the treatment of prisoners;
(c) The views of the sentenced person;
(d) The nationality of the sentenced person;
(e) Such other factors regarding the circumstances of the crime or the person sentenced, or the effective enforcement of the sentence, as may be appropriate in designating the State of enforcement.
4. If no State is designated under paragraph 1, the sentence of imprisonment shall be served in a prison facility made available by the host State, in accordance with the conditions set out in the headquarters agreement referred to in article 3, paragraph 2. In such a case, the costs arising out of the enforcement of a sentence of imprisonment shall be borne by the Court.
1. The Court may, at any time, decide to transfer a sentenced person to a prison of another State.
2. A sentenced person may, at any time, apply to the Court to be transferred from the State of enforcement.
1. Subject to conditions which a State may have specified in accordance with article 103, paragraph 1 (b), the sentence of imprisonment shall be binding on the States Parties, which shall in no case modify it.
2. The Court alone shall have the right to decide any application for appeal and revision. The State of enforcement shall not impede the making of any such application by a sentenced person.
1. The enforcement of a sentence of imprisonment shall be subject to the supervision of the Court and shall be consistent with widely accepted international treaty standards governing treatment of prisoners.
2. The conditions of imprisonment shall be governed by the law of the State of enforcement and shall be consistent with widely accepted international treaty standards governing treatment of prisoners; in no case shall such conditions be more or less favourable than those available to prisoners convicted of similar offences in the State of enforcement.
3. Communications between a sentenced person and the Court shall be unimpeded and confidential.
1. States Parties shall give effect to fines or forfeitures ordered by the Court under Part 7, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties, and in accordance with the procedure of their national law.
2. If a State Party is unable to give effect to an order for forfeiture, it shall take measures to recover the value of the proceeds, property or assets ordered by the Court to be forfeited, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.
3. Property, or the proceeds of the sale of real property or, where appropriate, the sale of other property, which is obtained by a State Party as a result of its enforcement of a judgement of the Court shall be transferred to the Court.