Genre et commerce

Ce document présente la convention des Nations Unies contre la criminalité transnationale organisée, entrée en vigueur le 29 septembre 2003 et appelée aussi la convention de Palerme. Cette convention est signée en décembre 2000 à Palerme et constitue le premier instrument de droit pénal destiné à lutter contre les phénomènes de criminalité transnationale organisée. Elle établit un cadre universel pour la mise en œuvre d’une coopération policière et judiciaire internationale permettant d’améliorer la prévention et la répression des phénomènes de criminalité organisée. La convention est complétée par trois protocoles additionnels relatifs à la traite des personnes, notamment les femmes et les enfants, au trafic illicite de migrants, au blanchiment d'argent et à la fabrication et au trafic illicites d’armes à feu.

The document presents the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. The Convention was adopted by resolution A/RES/55/25 of 15 November 2000 at the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. In accordance with its article 36, the Convention will be open for signature by all States and by regional economic integration organizations. It is also called the Palermo Convention, and its three supplementary protocols (the Palermo Protocols) are: Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children; Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air; and Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms. All four of these instruments contain elements of the current international law on human trafficking, arms trafficking and money laundering. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) acts as custodian of the UNTOC and its protocols

This document presents the declaration of the high-level commemorative plenary meeting on follow-up to the special session of the General Assembly on children. This statement was adopted by the General Assembly on 13 December 2007 and notes that malnutrition, pandemics and other preventable diseases continue to prevent millions of children from leading healthy lives. Lack of access to education is a major obstacle to their development and a large number of children, especially girls, continue to be victims of violence, exploitation, ill-treatment, inequity and discrimination. The declaration emphasizes that governments are intensifying their work in different sectors, strengthening international cooperation, forging broader and better targeted partnerships, including with the media and the private sector, and for global, regional and national initiatives to be Launched

This document presents the Declaration on the Participation of Women in the Promoting International Peace and Cooperation. The aim of the declaration is to intensify efforts to involve women in the promotion of international peace and cooperation by ensuring that they participate equally with men in economic, social, cultural, civil and political affairs. Society through a balanced and equitable distribution of the roles of women and men in the home and society as a whole and by giving women the same opportunities as men to take part in decision-making

This document presents the declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict. This declaration was adopted by the United Nations in 1974 and went into force the same year. It was proposed by the United Nations Economic and Social Council, on the grounds that women and children are often the victims of wars, civil unrest, and other emergency situations that cause them to suffer