| OAS Hemispheric Plan of
Action against Transnational Organized Crime |
In
October 2006, the OAS Member States adopted the Hemispheric Plan of
Action against Transnational Organized Crime whose primary concern is
the promotion of the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime (Palermo Convention) and its three Protocols.
These instruments constitute the international legal framework for the
fight against transnational organized crime.
The general objectives of
the Plan of Action are to urge Member States to:
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Prevent and combat transnational organized crime, in full observance of
human rights, using as a frame of reference the Palermo Convention and
the three additional Protocols thereto. This shall be done in accordance
with the principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity of
states and of nonintervention in the internal affairs of other states;
2. Enhance cooperation in the areas of prevention, investigation,
prosecution of, and judicial decisions related to, transnational
organized crime;
3. Encourage coordination among OAS bodies responsible for issues
related to combating transnational organized crime and cooperation among
those bodies with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC);
and
4. Strengthen national, subregional and regional capacities and
capabilities to deal with transnational organized crime.
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Resolutions of the OAS General Assembly |
AG/RES 2543 (XL-O/10)
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Execution of the Hemispheric Plan of Action against Transnational
Organized Crime and Strengthening of Hemispheric Cooperation
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AG/RES 2490 (XXXIX-O/09)
- Execution of the Hemispheric Plan of Action against Transnational
Organized Crime and Strengthening of Hemispheric Cooperation
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AG/RES 2379 (XXXVIII-O/08) -
Execution of the
Hemispheric Plan of Action against Transnational Organized Crime and
Strengthening of Hemispheric Cooperation
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AG/RES
2334 (XXXVII-O/07) - Execution of the Hemispheric Plan of Action
against Transnational Organized Crime
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AG/RES 2189 (XXXVI/O-06)
- Fighting Transnational Organized Crime in the Hemisphere
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AG/RES 2116 (XXXV-O/05)
- Fighting Transnational Organized Crime in the Hemisphere
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Recognizing
that the ability to fight transnational
organized crime goes beyond the power and resources of individual States,
the UN Member States approved the Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime in 2000 (known as the Palermo Convention) and its three
Protocols: the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in
Persons, Especially Women and Children; the Protocol against the
Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air; the Protocol against the
Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and
Components and Ammunition.
The adoption of these instruments is a big step forward in the fight
against transnational organized crime. The Convention contains a
series of measures, among which the creation of criminal offenses,
the adoption of new frameworks on extradition, judicial assistance and
law-enforcement cooperation, as well as the promotion of trainings and
technical assistance for the establishment and the improvement of the
skills of national authorities against organized crime.
United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime
New
York - 15 November 2000
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Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and
Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
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Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by
Land, Sea and Air
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Protocol against the Illicit
Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and
Components and Ammunition
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Organized Crime
