Under the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons of 21 March 1983, which all the Member States have ratified, sentenced persons may be transferred to serve the remainder of their sentence only to their State of nationality and only with their consent and that of the States involved.
Saskaņā ar 1983. gada 21. marta Eiropas Padomes Konvenciju par notiesāto personu nodošanu, ko ir ratificējušas visas dalībvalstis, notiesātās personas drīkst nodot atlikušā soda laika izciešanai tikai uz to valsti, kuras valstspiederīgais ir šī persona, un tikai ar šo personu un iesaistīto valstu piekrišanu.