2023 Informal Expert Group Meeting on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters

Vienna, Austria, 23 to 25 October 2023

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organizes, from 23 to 25 October 2023, with the financial support of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, an Informal Expert Group Meeting on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters. This meeting aims at enabling the exchange of experience and views among experts and facilitating dialogue on practical aspects of international cooperation in criminal matters, capacity-building and technical assistance priorities.

The meeting agenda will revolve around the following thematic areas:

a) The use of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) as a legal basis for international cooperation in criminal matters – challenges and potential use: an update;

b) Development of a matrix identifying legal and practical issues that could arise in the implementation of article 19 of the UNTOC on joint investigations;

c) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of international cooperation in criminal matters: the practitioners’ perspective – New challenges and opportunities;

d) Updating of the UNODC Manual on Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition (2012);

e) An update on UNODC tools to promote international cooperation in criminal matters.

MEETING DOCUMENTATION and USEFUL DOCUMENTS

Title	A	C	E	F	R	S
Agenda	-	-		-	-	-
Concept Note	-	-		-	-	-
Manual on Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition (2012)
Digest of cases of international cooperation in criminal matters involving the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime as a legal basis (2021)	-	-		-	-	-
Model Law on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (2007), as amended with provisions on electronic evidence and use of special investigative techniques (2022)	-	-		-	-	-
UNODC template for international cooperation cases involving the UNTOC as a legal basis	-	-		-	-	-
Outline summarising the intended concept and content of the report on joint investigations pursuant to article 19 of the UNTOC	-	-		-	-	-
Matrix outlining legal and practical issues that could arise in the implementation of article 19 of the UNTOC on joint investigations	-	-		-	-	-
Outline of a research/issue paper on the “Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international cooperation in criminal matters: challenges encountered, good practices and lessons learnt in the aftermath of the pandemic”.	-	-		-	-	-
Outline of proposed elements for updating of the 2012 UNODC Manual on Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition	-	-		-	-	-
Summary of the Chair	-	-		-	-	-
List of Participants	-	-		-	-	-

Resources

Title	Link
Online Directory of Competent National Authorities (CNA Directory)	English
SHERLOC Electronic Evidence Hub	English

Presentations

Delivered by	Presentation / Contribution	Language
Australia	Talking points - UNODC Expert Group Meeting on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters	English
France	Les leçons tirées de l’impact de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur la coopération internationale en matière pénale	French
France	Extradition case - UNODC template for international cooperation cases	English
Italy	Statement by the National Antimafia and Antiterrorism Directorate	English
Thailand	Thailand's feedback for the Informal Expert Group Meeting on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters	English
Commonwealth Secretariat	Comments from the Commonwealth Secretariat - UNODC Expert Meeting on International Cooperation	English
European Judicial Network (EJN)	EJN perspective on COVID-19 impact on judicial cooperation	English
International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)	INTERPOL Remarks on the Updating of the UNODC Manual on Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition (2012)	English