Transit proceedings

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan - Criminal Procedure Code (EN) 2000

SPECIAL PART

SECTION ELEVEN
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

Chapter LVII
LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS

Article 501. Transit

501.1. At the request of the competent authority of a foreign state, the prosecuting authority of the Azerbaijan Republic to which the request is addressed shall give permission for persons extradited by a third state to transit through its territory.

501.2. The application for permission for such transit shall be examined by the prosecuting authority of the Azerbaijan Republic according to the rules established for the examination of official requests for extradition.

501.3. The prosecuting authority of the Azerbaijan Republic to which the request is addressed shall give permission for the transit to be effected by the means that it considers most appropriate.

Rome Statute

Article 89 Surrender of persons to the Court

3.

(a) A State Party shall authorize, in accordance with its national procedural law, transportation through its territory of a person being surrendered to the Court by another State, except where transit through that State would impede or delay the surrender.