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 — Rwanda law | Esheria

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

This Protocol supplements the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and must be read together with it.

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Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Instrument
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Status
In force
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Language
mul
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About this statute

This Protocol supplements the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and must be read together with it. Each State Party must make certain intentional firearms-related conduct a criminal offence. This article says the Protocol’s purpose is to promote cooperation among States Parties to prevent, combat, and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of, trafficking in, and related trade in firearms, their parts and components, and ammunition. This article defines key terms used in the Protocol, including firearm, parts and components, ammunition, illicit manufacturing, illicit trafficking, and tracing. This article says the Protocol applies to illicit firearms manufacturing and trafficking, related investigations and prosecutions, and transnational offences involving organized criminal groups, but it does not apply to state-to-state transactions or state transfers in certain national security cases.