Relevant Tools & Resources

A key component for judicial cooperation is a country’s ability to cooperate effectively with its neighbors, as well as with regional and international partners. Many Member States indicated that their legislation enabled them to conclude bilateral or multilateral agreements for extradition and mutual legal assistance and illicit traffic by sea.

A key component for judicial cooperation is a country’s ability to cooperate effectively with its neighbors, as well as with regional and international partners. Many Member States indicated that their legislation enabled them to conclude bilateral or multilateral agreements for extradition and mutual legal assistance and illicit traffic by sea.

A key component for judicial cooperation is a country’s ability to cooperate effectively with its neighbors, as well as with regional and international partners. Many Member States indicated that their legislation enabled them to conclude bilateral or multilateral agreements for extradition and mutual legal assistance and illicit traffic by sea.

The EJN Compendium gives support for drafting requests for judicial cooperation. It guides the practitioners through the form used for the request, ensuring that all required information is inserted. The Compendium also helps the practitioner to manage translations of requests; in most cases the request needs to be translated into a language accepted by the requested Member State in order for that Member State to be able to receive and execute the request.

The Mutual Legal Assistance Request Writer Tool was developed to assist criminal justice practitioners in drafting better and complete MLA requests, thereby minimizing the risk of delay or refusal from an incomplete request for MLA from another country

ACCESS THE COMPLETE DIRECTORY HERE: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/legal-tools/international-cooperation-networks.html

During the past years, the use of UNODC tools has led to enhanced judicial cooperation. The number of competent national authorities (CNA) designated by Member States has expanded.