What’s more, the lack of data and critical multisector analysis on the implementation and impact of the UNTOC leaves us in the dark, without access to the information and equipped with the tools needed to mount a more effective response. [...] By evaluating the collective approach of the international community in implementing the UNTOC, and its successes and challenges, the paper seeks to answer the question, is the UNTOC working? It looks at the following aspects: ■ In the absence of country outputs from the IRM, what is known about the implementation of the UNTOC in terms of effective legislation and its use as a tool for internation. [...] A positive development from the Secretariat is the publication of a conference room paper on ‘trends and patterns’ to form the basis for the ‘general review’,64 which was shared in advance of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNTOC in October 2024, almost a quarter a century after the UNTOC was adopted. [...] Since the adoption of CITES, outcome documents and resolutions have been passed by various UN bodies, including the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), the Conference of the States Parties to the UNCAC and the UNTOC COP, demonstrating political agreement about the need to respond to the trafficking of fauna and flora. [...] For cybercrime, a new treaty was negotiated with the main justification being the need for increased international cooperation because of the inapplicability of the UNTOC’s systems (and the lack of universal coverage of regional mechanisms), given the cross-border nature of cybercrime and specific challenges related to the use of information and communication technology for criminal purposes.
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Table of Contents
- FOREWORD 5
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7
- Key findings 9
- Recommendations for the international community 11
- Methodology 11
- IS UNTOC LEGISLATION WORKING 14
- KEY FINDINGS 14
- UNTOC requirements 14
- UNODCs Global Programme 14
- Ratification does not mean legislation 15
- Legislative responses vary significantly across countries 15
- Diverse legislation can impede international cooperation 16
- Lack of centralized accessible data 17
- IS THE UNTOC IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW MECHANISM WORKING 19
- KEY FINDINGS 19
- About the IRM 19
- Country reviews woefully behind schedule 20
- Inertia and vested interests holding back implementation 21
- Reasons for hope 22
- IS UNTOCS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION WORKING 24
- Analyzing international cooperation 24
- KEY FINDINGS 24
- Preference for regional and bilateral agreements 25
- Cooperation from other states not guaranteed 26
- What is required for international cooperation 27
- UNTOC as a platform for working together 27
- IS UNTOC WORKING AGAINST CRIMINAL MARKETS 30
- KEY FINDINGS 30
- The GI-TOCs Organized Crime Index 30
- Linkages between international cooperation criminality and resilience 31
- CROSS-CUTTING GAPS AND CHALLENGES 34
- State actors in organized crime and civil societys role 34
- KEY FINDINGS 34
- Do the UNTOC and UNCAC work together 36
- UNTOC and emerging threats 37
- Cybercrime and a new treaty 37
- Environmental crime and a fourth UNTOC protocol 38
- Benefits and shortcomings 39
- UNTOC and human rights 40
- How to fulfil the promise of Palermo 41
- Recommendations for the international community 43
