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Revised Draft Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime

NCJ Number
185915
Date Published
May 2000
Length
28 pages
Annotation
This document contains a revised draft Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition.
Abstract
This draft Protocol supplements the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime. The various articles of the Protocol concern definitions; purpose; scope; sovereignty; criminalization; jurisdiction; confiscation or forfeiture; record-keeping; marking of firearms; deactivization of firearms; general requirements for export, import, and transit licensing or authorization systems; security and preventive measures; exchange of information; cooperation; establishment of a focal point; exchange of experience and training; confidentiality; technical assistance; registration and licensing of brokers [traders and forwarders]; settlement of disputes; signature, ratification, acceptance, approval, accession, and reservations; entry into force; amendment; denunciation; and languages and depositary. Notes

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