United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
Abstract
The document presents the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. The Convention was adopted by resolution A/RES/55/25 of 15 November 2000 at the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. In accordance with its article 36, the Convention will be open for signature by all States and by regional economic integration organizations. It is also called the Palermo Convention, and its three supplementary protocols (the Palermo Protocols) are: Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children; Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air; and Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms. All four of these instruments contain elements of the current international law on human trafficking, arms trafficking and money laundering. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) acts as custodian of the UNTOC and its protocols
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Document Type
Conventions and sharts
Source
United Nations
Keywords :
Trafficking in person // Trafficking in women and children // Enforced prostitution // Sexual violence // Gender-based violence // Violence against women // Human rights // Women's rights // Gender Equality // Slavery // Forced Labor // Easement // Organ Harvesting // Protection of Rights // Charters //Protocols //Conventions //Declarations