Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
Encyclopedia
The Convention against Transnational Organized Crime is a United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

-sponsored multilateral treaty against transnational organized crime, adopted in 2000. It is also called the Palermo Convention, and its tree protocols
Protocol (diplomacy)
In international politics, protocol is the etiquette of diplomacy and affairs of state.A protocol is a rule which guides how an activity should be performed, especially in the field of diplomacy. In diplomatic services and governmental fields of endeavor protocols are often unwritten guidelines...

 (the Palermo Protocols) are:
  • Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children
    Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children
    The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children is a protocol to the Convention against Transnational Organised Crime...

    ; and
  • Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.
  • Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms


All four of these instruments contain elements of the current international law on human trafficking
Human trafficking
Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery...

, arms trafficking and money laundering
Money laundering
Money laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...

. The convention and the protocols fall under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is a United Nations agency that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Program and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in the United Nations...

 (UNODC).

See also

  • United Nations Convention against Corruption
    United Nations Convention against Corruption
    The United Nations Convention against Corruption is the first legally binding international anti-corruption instrument. In its 8 Chapters and 71 Articles, the UNCAC obliges its States Parties to implement a wide and detailed range of anti-corruption measures affecting their laws, institutions and...

  • International Criminal Police Organization

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK