Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Responses to Illicit Trafficking in Protected Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

E/RES/2013/40View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 14c Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2013.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 13	International drug control, crime and terrorism prevention and criminal justice	377

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 13	International drug control, crime and terrorism prevention and criminal justice	377	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Case Studies Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Fauna Flora Guidelines Illicit Traffic Information Dissemination Organized Crime Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Strongly encourages Member States to take appropriate measures to prevent and combat illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora, including the adoption of the legislation necessary for the prevention, investigation and prosecution of such trafficking;

Encourages Member States to undertake and promote bilateral, subregional, regional and international cooperation, including cooperation between law enforcement agencies, through joint investigations, including joint cross-border investigations, and exchange of information, inter alia information on legislation and law enforcement intelligence, with the support of regional wildlife enforcement networks aimed at more effectively countering illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora, and, in particular, through encouraging and supporting cooperation with those States that contribute to the supply and demand for illicitly trafficked protected species of wild fauna and flora, as well as those States that serve as transit areas;

Requests Member States to fully utilize the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeError: Reference source not found and the United Nations Convention against CorruptionError: Reference source not found to prevent and combat illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora, and in that regard calls upon Member States that have not done so to consider becoming parties to those Conventions and calls for their full and effective implementation by States parties;

Encourages Member States to make illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora involving organized criminal groups a serious crime, as defined in article 2, paragraph (b), of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, in order to ensure that adequate and effective means of international cooperation can be afforded under the Convention in the investigation and prosecution of those engaged in illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora;

Strongly encourages Member States to strengthen, where necessary, their national legal and criminal regimes and law enforcement and judicial capacity, consistent with international legal obligations, to ensure that relevant criminal laws, including appropriate penalties and sanctions, are available to address illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora;

Urges Member States to strengthen efforts to afford one another, in accordance with their international obligations and national legislation, the widest measure of mutual legal assistance in investigations, prosecutions and judicial proceedings related to illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora, including measures to identify, trace and freeze or seize illicit proceeds that are generated by or enable such conduct;

Encourages Member States to consider establishing a national inter-agency task force to coordinate actions of various agencies within the country in the area of wildlife crime enforcement and assist the authorities concerned in other countries and international organizations, in order to facilitate coordination and concerted action in combating illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora;

Also encourages Member States to promote efforts to prevent illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora, inter alia, through public information and awareness-raising campaigns;

Encourages the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in coordination with other members of the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime, to continue its efforts to provide technical assistance and training to combat illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora, as well as to develop tools, such as the wildlife and forest crime analytic toolkit, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the United Nations;

Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in coordination with other members of the International Consortium, to support Member States in the implementation of the toolkit to analyse the capacity of national wildlife and forest law enforcement authorities and the judiciary in investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating cases of wildlife and forest offences, with the aim of developing technical assistance and capacity-building activities and enhancing the capacity of Member States to address transnational organized wildlife and forest crimes;

Commends the efforts of the International Consortium and its members, namely the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Bank and the World Customs Organization;

Notes the launch of the toolkit by the International Consortium, requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to disseminate that instrument to Member States, and invites Member States to consider applying and utilizing the toolkit;

Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in consultation with Member States and in cooperation with other competent intergovernmental organizations, such as the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the World Customs Organization, INTERPOL, the World Bank and the United Nations Environment Programme, to undertake case studies that focus on organized crime networks involved in the illicit trafficking of specific protected species of wild fauna and flora, their parts and derivatives;

Invites Member States and other donors to provide extrabudgetary resources for the purposes described above, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the United Nations;

Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to report on the implementation of the present resolution at the twenty-fourth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.

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