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.
The seventh session of the Working Group on Firearms was held on on 17 and 18 July 2020 in Vienna, Austria.
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Responsiveness of the Firearms Protocol and national legislation to new and emerging threats relating to the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition. Background paper prepared by the Secretariat
Investigative and prosecutorial approaches in countering illicit firearms trafficking and related forms of crime within and across jurisdictions. Background paper prepared by the Secretariat
Report on the meeting of the Working Group on Firearms held in Vienna on 16 and 17 July 2020 (Reissued for technical reasons on 16 October 2020)
Emmanuel Vallens (EU)
Isaak Morales (Mexico)
Responsiveness to new threats of illicit manufacturing and trafficking of firearms
Capacidad de respuesta del Protocolo de Armas de Fuego y las legislaciones nacionales a las amenazas nuevas y emergentes relacionadas con el tráfico y la fabricación ilícitos de armas de fuego, sus piezas y componentes y municiones
HJ Odendaal (South Africa)
José Romero Morgaz (Spain)
Marcus Dantas (Brazil)
Christian Ponti (Italy)
Investigative and prosecutorial approaches in countering illicit firearms trafficking and related forms of crime within and across jurisdictions
Firearms Investigation. Economic Investigation
Investigative and prosecutorial approaches in countering illicit firearms trafficking and related forms of crime within and across jurisdictions
Investigative and prosecutorial strategies to more effectively countering illicit firearms trafficking: some thoughts in the light of the Italian Practice
Ivaylo Stefanov (INTERPOL)
UNODC
EMPACT
Manuel Sánchez-Pardo López (Spain)
Interpol Firearms Programme
Work of UNODC to Promote the Ratification of the Firearms Protocol
Best Practice Guidance for the Creation of National Firearms Focal Points
Lessons Learned from Operation Gestalt