In its resolution 5/4, entitled "Illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition", the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime decided to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group on firearms.
In its resolution 7/1, entitled "Strengthening the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto", the Conference decided, inter alia, that the Working Group on Firearms will be a constant element of the Conference of the Parties, forwarding its reports and recommendations to the Conference, and encouraged the working group to consider meeting on an annual basis, as needed.
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Report on the meeting of the Working Group on Firearms held in Vienna on 3 and 4 April 2024 |
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| CTOC/COP/WG.6/2024/1 |
Annotated provisional agenda |
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| CTOC/COP/WG.6/2024/2 |
Operationalizing the Firearms Protocol in view of technological developments relating to the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition. Background paper prepared by the Secretariat |
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| CTOC/COP/WG.6/2024/3 |
Implementation of article 5 (Criminalization) of the Firearms Protocol. Background paper prepared by the Secretariat |
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| CTOC/COP/WG.6/2024/4 |
Status of the functioning of the Mechanism for the Review of the Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto. Background paper prepared by the Secretariat |
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Dr. León Castellanos-Jankiewicz |
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In the lunchbreak of the Working Group’s first day, United Kingdom, with the support of the UNODC Firearms Trafficking Section, organizes a side event, entitled “United Kingdom’s Multi Agency Approach to Tackling the Threat of 3D-printed Firearms”. The spread and increasing availability of 3D-printed firearms as feasible lethal weapons that can be used in serious crime is a global threat. This event will be an opportunity to find out more about Project INTERKNOW, the UK’s Multi agency response co-ordinated by the National Crime Agency, to tackling the increasing threat of 3D-printed firearms. More importantly, we hope the event will provide a platform for Member States and other key stakeholders to share their experiences of this threat and draw lessons about what more can be done.
The event will take place on Wednesday, 3 April, 2 – 3 p.m. CET, in Boardroom D at the VIC. Click here to join the event online.
In the morning of the second day of the Working Group, the UNODC Firearms Trafficking Section will launch a Digest of Firearms Trafficking and Related Crimes Cases. During the event, Ms. Simonetta Grassi, Chief of the UNODC Firearms Trafficking Section, will speak about the genesis of the Digest. Representatives from Jamaica and Sweden will present case studies from the digest that illustrate different sources of illicit firearms and the challenges that criminal justice practitioners face during the investigation, prosecution and adjudication of firearms-related crime.
The event will take place on Thursday, 4 April, 9:15 – 9:45 a.m. CET, in Boardroom D at the VIC. Click here to join the event online.
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Compendium and Thematic Index of Recommendations, Resolutions and Decisions of the Working Group on Firearms |
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Summary by the Chair: Constructive Dialogue on Firearms held in Vienna on 5 May 2023 | - | - | | - | - |
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