National procedures re enforcement of sentences imposed

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia - Criminal Code 1996 (2018) EN

''GENERAL PART, 3. PUNISHMENTS, Imprisonment, Article 35''

(5) Imprisonment is pronounced with full years and months, and up to six
months, also with full days.
(6) When a punishment of imprisonment is prescribed for crimes without
appointing a minimal measure, and when the maximum measure is no longer
than three years, it is compulsory to also pronounce a fine besides the
punishment of imprisonment.
(7) imprisonment shall be conducted in special institutions for that purpose,
determined by law.

''Reckoning pre-trial confinement and a punishment served abroad
Article 121''
The pre-trial confinement, the freedom deprivation during the extradition procedure,
as well as the punishment or security measure of deprivation of freedom, which the perpetrator
served according to a sentence by a foreign court, shall be reckoned in the
punishment which shall be pronounced by the domestic court for the same crime,
and if the punishments are not of the same kind, the reckoning shall be done according to the assessment of the court.

Rome Statute

Article 103 Role of States in enforcement of sentences of imprisonment

1.

(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.

2.

(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.