Palermo Convention

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The Palermo Convention is a major United Nations treaty that provides a global legal framework for preventing and combating transnational organized crime, including related issues like corruption, money laundering, and human trafficking.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Palermo Protocol 3
Palermo Convention canonical 2
Palermo Protocols 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations convention ⓘ
international criminal law instrument ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
administeredBy United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate 2000-11-15 ⓘ
adoptionResolution UN General Assembly resolution 55/25 ⓘ
aimsTo promote cooperation to prevent and combat transnational organized crime more effectively ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Convention of Palermo ⓘ
appliesTo offences involving an organized criminal group ⓘ
offences that are transnational in nature ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
encourages domestic legislative and administrative measures against organized crime ⓘ
international cooperation in investigations and prosecutions of organized crime ⓘ
entryIntoForceDate 2003-09-29 ⓘ
fullName United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime ⓘ
geographicalScope global ⓘ
hasProtocol Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition ⓘ
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air ⓘ
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children ⓘ
includesMechanism extradition ⓘ
joint investigations ⓘ
law enforcement cooperation ⓘ
measures for confiscation and seizure of proceeds of crime ⓘ
mutual legal assistance ⓘ
protection of victims ⓘ
protection of witnesses ⓘ
special investigative techniques ⓘ
technical assistance and training ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalNature framework convention ⓘ
monitoredBy Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime ⓘ
openedForSignatureDate 2000-12-12 ⓘ
openedForSignaturePlace Palermo, Italy ⓘ
relatedTo United Nations Convention against Corruption ⓘ
requires criminalization of corruption ⓘ
criminalization of laundering of proceeds of crime ⓘ
criminalization of obstruction of justice ⓘ
criminalization of participation in an organized criminal group ⓘ
shortName UNTOC ⓘ
subjectMatter corruption related to organized crime ⓘ
criminalization of participation in organized criminal groups ⓘ
international cooperation in criminal matters ⓘ
money laundering ⓘ
obstruction of justice ⓘ
transnational organized crime ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Global Report on Trafficking in Persons → relatedTo → Palermo Protocol ⓘ
linked to: Palermo Convention
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air → partOf → Palermo Protocols ⓘ
linked to: Palermo Convention
anti-human trafficking movement → informedBy → Palermo Protocol ⓘ
linked to: Palermo Convention
UNTOC → alsoKnownAs → Palermo Convention ⓘ
Anti-Human Trafficking Units → usesLegalFramework → Palermo Protocol ⓘ
linked to: Palermo Convention