1. TRANSFER OF SENTENCED PERSONS AGREEMENT (TSPA)

2. ORDER OF PRESENTATION I. BACKGROUND OF THE TREATY II. SALIENT PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY III. PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE OF PRISONER SWAPS IV. HUMANITARIAN/MORAL GROUNDS V. PUBLIC OPINION ON THE TREATY VI. PEACE INITIATIVES OF THIS TREATY VII. HOW ARE PRISONER SWAPS FACILITATED VIII. NEGOTIATION BETWEEN PARTIES IX. MEDIATION/CONCILIATION PROCESSES EFFECTED X. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION/SUMMARY

3.  Signed on May 18, 2007  Substantially copied from the 1983 Strasbourg Convention on Transfer of Sentenced Persons, promulgated by the Council of Europe  Ratified by the Spanish Senate on November 6, 2007  Ratified by the Philippine Senate via Senate Resolution No. 212  Composed of 23 Articles  Department of Justice for both States is the designated central authority; Background of the Treaty

4.  Purely Consensual (Based on Cooperation);  Aims to bring back a foreign prisoner into his or her country of nationality and to serve the sentence there;  Has a laudable humanitarian objective; Salient Features of the Treaty