This Digest stands as a testament to the tireless efforts of national practitioners and the international community to implement the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and address the complex and multifaceted challenges posed by this g. [...] These instruments addition, the provisions of the UNTOC are fully appli- include (in order of their adoption date) the UNTOC5 cable in the detection, investigation, prosecution and adopted in 2000 by the United Nations General Assem- adjudication of the Protocol’s offences, and can serve bly, and its supplementary Protocol against the Illicit as a legal basis for the purpose of requesting or pro-. [...] For example, the Preamble to the UNTOC fore, a State party to both the ATT and the Firearms COP Resolution 10/2 of 202012 underlines the comple- Protocol shall only authorize an export, if the exported mentarity of the Firearms Protocol with other instru- arms are duly marked and registered (Article 7 and 8 of ments such as the ATT, the Programme of Action, and the Firearms Protocol) and if the im. [...] 35005); Regulation (EU) No In addition, the Programme of Action and the Inter- 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol national Tracing Instrument contain various recom- against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their mendations to address diversion at a domestic level, parts and compone. [...] In order of blank-firing firearms have become the main sources to avoid judicial discretion on the question if 3D printed of illegal firearms trafficked to and within the EU and a firearms fall under the scope of application of firearms channel to supply weapons to organized crime and ter- control regimes, Jamaica, in the legislative amendment rorist groups43.
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