The UNTOC Review Mechanism is a peer review process supporting States parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and the Protocols thereto in the effective implementation of these instruments and helping them identify and substantiate specific needs for technical assistance and promoting international cooperation.
The Mechanism was established by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC COP) at its ninth session held on 15-19 October 2018, through the adoption of resolution 9/1 to which the Procedures and Rules for the Functioning of the Mechanism were annexed.
The review process was launched through the adoption of resolution 10/1 at the tenth session of the UNTOC COP held in Vienna on 12-16 October 2020. In this resolution, the Conference inter alia adopted the self-assessment questionnaires for the review of the implementation of UNTOC and its Protocols, the guidelines for conducting the country reviews and the blueprints for the lists of observations and their summaries. The Conference decided to launch the first phase of the review process in accordance with the thematic clusters of UNTOC and the Protocols and the multi-year workplan of the Mechanism appended to the Procedures and rules of the Mechanism.
In accordance with the Procedures and rules, the review process is composed of a general review that is undertaken in the plenary of the Conference of the Parties, and of country reviews that are conducted through desk reviews. The Working Groups of the Conference of the Parties to UNTOC have since 2022 added an item dedicated to the functioning of the review process to their agenda, consistent with their areas of expertise.
The Global Programme for the UNTOC Review Mechanism is grateful for the generous support provided to date by the following donors:
