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Book SynopsisIn The Palermo Convention at Twenty: Institutional and Substantive Challenges experts with different backgrounds discuss the institutional features of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Supplementing Protocols, the developments of the treaty system and its suitability to address the multifarious forms of contemporary transnational organized crime.
Table of ContentsPreface The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 20 Years from Its Adoption Strengths, Achievements and Challenges Ahead Tania Bañuelos Mejía Abstract Keywords Introduction 1 Strengths 2 Achievements 3 Challenges Ahead The Review Mechanism of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and Its Protocols An Analysis Based on Peer Review Methodology Christian Ponti Abstract Keywords Introductory Remarks 1 Common Features of the Peer Review Methodology and the Preliminary Phase of the Process 2 Consultation 3 Assessment 4 The Legitimacy of the UNTOC Review Mechanism 5 Conclusion The Implementation Review Mechanism of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) What Role for Civil Society? Ian Tennant and Prem Mahadevan Abstract Keywords Introduction 1 What Is Civil Society? 2 What Value Can Civil Society Add to the Review Mechanism? 3 The Debate about the Role of Civil Society 4 What Was Agreed in 2018? 5 What Space for Civil Society in the Mechanism? 6 Analysis of the Role Given to Civil Society by the Convention and the Review Mechanism 7 How Does the UNTOC Review Mechanism Compare with Other Mechanisms? 8 Conclusion 9 Postscript: Connecting the Local and the Global Integrating the UNCAC and the UNTOC for Effective Prevention and International Cooperation Challenges for Global Crime Governance Uglješa Ugi Zvekić Abstract Keywords Introductory Remarks 1 The UNTOC 2 The UNCAC 3 The Role of Civil Society 4 Concluding Observations The Palermo Convention and the Fight against Terrorism Julie Alix Abstract Keywords Introduction 1 A Different Methodological Approach towards Two Categories of International Crime 2 Elements for Rethinking the Articulation between the International Efforts to Fights against Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime International Cooperation for the Repression of Core Crimes What Role for the UNTOC? Alessandra Annoni Abstract Keywords Introduction 1 The Scope of the International Obligation to Prosecute Core Crimes 2 The Obligation to Cooperate for the Repression of Core Crimes 3 The Applicability of the Cooperation Regime Established by the UNTOC 4 Conclusions
