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United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto

NCJ Number
209018
Date Published
September 2004
Length
87 pages
Annotation
This book presents the provisions of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and its supplementary protocols.
Abstract
The book first presents United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/25 of November 15, 2000, which established an open-ended intergovernmental ad hoc committee for the purpose of composing a comprehensive international convention against transnational organized crime and discussing the development, as appropriate, of international instruments to address trafficking in women and children; combating the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components, and ammunition; and illegal trafficking in and transporting of migrants, including by sea. This book presents the convention and its protocols developed as a result of this resolution. The purpose of the Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime is to promote cooperation in preventing and fighting transnational organized crime, as it aims to expand the number of states that adopt and execute effective measures against transnational organized crime, including the establishment and strengthening of cross-border links between states. The supplementary protocols focus on specific activities of transnational organized criminal groups, namely, trafficking in persons, especially women and children; the smuggling of migrants by land, sea, and air; and the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components, and ammunition.