Abstract
since the early twenty-first century. The Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing
of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and
Ammunition (generally known as the Firearms Protocol (FP)), adopted by
the United Nations General Assembly in May 2001, supplementing its parent
instrument, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
Crime (UNTOC), which entered into force in July 2005. Over a decade
later, the second instrument, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), was opened for
signature in June 2013, and entered into force in December 2014.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Place of Publication | Vienna |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
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| Name | Issue Paper |
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| Publisher | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
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T1 - The Firearms Protocol and the Arms Trade Treaty
T2 - Divergence or Complementarity?
AU - Yihdego, Zeray
AU - UNODC
N1 - This Paper was developed by the Global Firearms Programme (GFP), Implementation Support Section, Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch, Division for Treaty Affairs of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC/DTA/OCB/ISS/GFP), under the overall coordination and supervision of Ms. Simonetta Grassi, Legal Officer and Head of the GFP. The Paper was drafted by Zeray Yihdego, Senior Lecturer in Public International Law at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, with contributions from colleagues in the GFP. The development of this Paper was made possible by funding received from the European Union and the UNSCAR Trust Fund (United Nations Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation).
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Two major United Nations treaties govern illicit arms trade and traffickingsince the early twenty-first century. The Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturingof and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components andAmmunition (generally known as the Firearms Protocol (FP)), adopted bythe United Nations General Assembly in May 2001, supplementing its parentinstrument, the United Nations Convention against Transnational OrganizedCrime (UNTOC), which entered into force in July 2005. Over a decadelater, the second instrument, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), was opened forsignature in June 2013, and entered into force in December 2014.
AB - Two major United Nations treaties govern illicit arms trade and traffickingsince the early twenty-first century. The Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturingof and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components andAmmunition (generally known as the Firearms Protocol (FP)), adopted bythe United Nations General Assembly in May 2001, supplementing its parentinstrument, the United Nations Convention against Transnational OrganizedCrime (UNTOC), which entered into force in July 2005. Over a decadelater, the second instrument, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), was opened forsignature in June 2013, and entered into force in December 2014.
M3 - Other contribution
T3 - Issue Paper
PB - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
CY - Vienna
ER -