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- 28 Aug 2014, 13:13
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
Today, on August 28, 2014, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika held a working meeting with the President of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) Gerhard Jarosch in Moscow. The organization was established in June 1995 at the United Nations office in Vienna. It was formally inaugurated in September 1996 at its first General Meeting of the Association in Budapest.
The IAP is a non-governmental and nonpolitical organization. It is the first and the only international association of prosecutors. It has over 180 organizational members, including prosecutorial associations, services and law enforcement authorities. Along with its individual participants, it represents over 250,000 prosecutors from over 148 countries.
The Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Zvyagintsev attended the meeting. During the meeting, the most urgent matters of prosecutorial activity were discussed. Gerhard Jarosch noted the high level of the Baykal International Prosecutors Conference organization which was held on August 26-27, 2014 in Irkutsk. Yuri Chaika and Gerhard Jarosch had a detailed discussion of the matters of further cooperation between the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation and the IAP and specified the Program of Action for the nearest future. In his turn, Gerhard Jarosch emphasized that the prosecutorial systems of the entire international community should present a united legal front in view of strengthening efforts aimed at global challenges and threats, remaining independent and non-politicized.
Moreover, Yuri Chaika met with his Swiss colleague, Attorney General of Switzerland Michael Lauber. They discussed the matters of cooperation in specific criminal proceedings and interaction in the sphere of extradition and providing legal advice. They specified the cooperation program for the current year and the next ones.
Moreover, the Russian Prosecutor General met with the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Serbia Djordje Ostojic, with whom the Cooperation Program between the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Serbia was signed at the Baykal International Conference for 2015-2016.
A number of bilateral meetings with foreign colleagues will be held during the day.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
28 Aug 2014, 13:13
The Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika held a working meeting with the President of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) Gerhard Jarosch
Today, on August 28, 2014, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika held a working meeting with the President of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) Gerhard Jarosch in Moscow. The organization was established in June 1995 at the United Nations office in Vienna. It was formally inaugurated in September 1996 at its first General Meeting of the Association in Budapest.
The IAP is a non-governmental and nonpolitical organization. It is the first and the only international association of prosecutors. It has over 180 organizational members, including prosecutorial associations, services and law enforcement authorities. Along with its individual participants, it represents over 250,000 prosecutors from over 148 countries.
The Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Zvyagintsev attended the meeting. During the meeting, the most urgent matters of prosecutorial activity were discussed. Gerhard Jarosch noted the high level of the Baykal International Prosecutors Conference organization which was held on August 26-27, 2014 in Irkutsk. Yuri Chaika and Gerhard Jarosch had a detailed discussion of the matters of further cooperation between the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation and the IAP and specified the Program of Action for the nearest future. In his turn, Gerhard Jarosch emphasized that the prosecutorial systems of the entire international community should present a united legal front in view of strengthening efforts aimed at global challenges and threats, remaining independent and non-politicized.
Moreover, Yuri Chaika met with his Swiss colleague, Attorney General of Switzerland Michael Lauber. They discussed the matters of cooperation in specific criminal proceedings and interaction in the sphere of extradition and providing legal advice. They specified the cooperation program for the current year and the next ones.
Moreover, the Russian Prosecutor General met with the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Serbia Djordje Ostojic, with whom the Cooperation Program between the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Serbia was signed at the Baykal International Conference for 2015-2016.
A number of bilateral meetings with foreign colleagues will be held during the day.
