- Adoption of the Organized Crime Convention
- Historical context: why Palermo?
- Features of the Organized Crime Convention
- The protocols
- Related international instruments
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
- Summary
- References
Published in May 2018.
Regional Perspective: Eastern and Southern Africa - added in April 2020
This module is a resource for lecturers
Background material and useful resources
Model UN Resources
Rules of procedure of other MUNs and general overview of preparations
- Crime prevention, criminal justice and other aspects of the rule of law for Model United Nations.
- Rules for simulating the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice bodies.
- Model UN Resources.
- Model UN information from the UN Department of Public Information.
- Specifically on the rules of procedure.
- Model UN Institute.
- United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA).
- United Nations Youth and Student Association of Austria - Academic Forum for Foreign Affairs.
- National Model United Nations (NMUN - Canada) rules of procedure.
Preparation for delegates (country representatives)
- National Model United Nations (NMUN - Canada) delegate preparation guide.
- United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA).
- Harvard Model United Nations.
Others
- Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: Regular Sessions.
- Infoplease: Country Information.
- Library of Congress. Country Studies.
- United States Department of State. US Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets.
- Country Reports.
- BBC Country Profiles.
Useful resources for preparation in Spanish
- Centro de Información de las Naciones Unidas México, Cuba y República Dominicana.
- Centro de Información de las Naciones Unidas Colombia.
- Asociación para las Naciones Unidas de la República Argentina.
Useful resources for preparation in French:
UNODC Resources
- UNODC Mandate.
- Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: Working groups and intergovernmental meetings.
- The UNODC Global Programme for Strengthening Capacities to Prevent and Combat Organized and Serious Crime (GPTOC).
- Texts of crime-related treaties.
- UNODC International Cooperation.
- Rules of Procedure for the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime.
United Nations Resources
- About the United Nations.
- The United Nations Blue Book.
- UNESCO: List of Non-Governmental Organizations accredited to provide advisory services to the Committee.
- United Nations and Affiliate Agencies.