The Mutual Legal Assistance Request Writer Tool (MLA Tool) was developed by UNODC to assist criminal justice practitioners in drafting expeditiously MLA requests, thereby enhancing cooperation between States and accelerating responses to such requests.
In its revised and expanded version, the Tool is an HTML-based stand-alone application, capable of running on all devices. It provides guidance to practitioners through each step of the drafting process and further helps them draft MLA requests by filling in all appropriate and relevant information.
The new guiding elements in the revised text of the MLA Tool are the following:
The MLA Tool can be linked to the UNODC Directories of Competent National Authorities (CNA) to enable retrieving CNA contact information for use in the preparation of MLA requests.
The Tool can also be linked to the knowledge management portal known as Sharing Electronic Resources and Laws on Crime ( SHERLOC ), in order to assist practitioners in getting easy access to a variety of constantly updated information such as national guides, legal provisions relating to international cooperation in criminal matters and other supplementary resources such as manuals, checklists of legal requirements and external links with custom templates and formats of other countries.
Instructions For Downloading The Tool
Installing and uninstalling video demonstration