China's top legislature on Friday ratified three bilateral treaties on judicial assistance in criminal cases with Namibia, Pakistan and Japan.
The treaties were all signed in Beijing respectively by Chinese Justice Minister Wu Aiying and Namibian Justice Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana on May 26, 2006; Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and senior counsel for the Pakistan government Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada on April 17, 2007; and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komuraon Dec. 1, 2007.
The treaties were submitted by the State Council, China's cabinet, to the fourth session of the 11th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) for deliberation on Monday.
The conventions were in accordance with the Chinese legal principle, judicial practice, interests and needs, Premier Wen Jiabao said in statements submitted to the NPC Standing Committee.
The sanction and implementation of the treaties would benefit judicial cooperation and friendly cooperation between the countries, according to the statements.
The treaties covered the refusal and postponement of judicial assistance, criminal evidence collection and disposal, and judicial information exchange.
Source: Xinhua
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