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Revised Draft Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Air, and Sea, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime

NCJ Number
185920
Date Published
March 2000
Length
21 pages
Annotation
This document contains a Revised Draft Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Air and Sea, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Abstract
The draft protocol contains articles relevant to: application of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime; definitions; purposes; criminal liability of migrants; criminalization; scope of application; jurisdiction; cooperation and mutual assistance; measures against the smuggling of migrants by sea; safeguard clauses; application; compliance measures and arrangements; additional legislative and administrative measures; information; prevention; security and control of documents; legitimacy and validity of documents; training; return of smuggled migrants; saving clause; implementation; settlement of disputes; signature, ratification, acceptance, approval, accession, and reservations; entry into force; amendment; denunciation; and languages and depositary. Notes