Project 08 - European Union

Context

Following the assessment of the needs of and based on discussions with the countries, this project is aimed at providing technical support to strengthening CBRN national legal frameworks.

Objectives

Strengthen and enhance national legal systems through the provision of legal support– in particular in the fields of border, export, and transit/trans-shipping controls, the protection of CBRN material/facilities, denying support for CBRN terrorism/misuse, investigation/prosecution, and the management of CBRN waste.
Contribute to the compliance with international obligations and the fostering of international consistency in the formulation and application of national law related to CBRN concerns.

Reference: IFS/2011/273-506
Project duration: 1 Jan 2013 - 30 Jun 2015
Project locations: Cambodia
Laos
Malaysia
Philippines

CBRN areas

Illicit trafficking
Import/export control
Legal framework

CBRN categories

Chemical
Biological
Radiological
Nuclear

CoE Region

SEA - Southeast Asia

Funding

- Funding programme
Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) (2014/2020)

Stakeholders

Coordinators

European Commission

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

Website: http://www.unicri.it/

European Union External Action Service (EEAS)

Website: https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage_en

Participants

Verification Research, Training and Information Centre, United Kingdom (VERTIC)

Website: https://www.vertic.org/

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Website: https://www.unodc.org/

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control of Germany) (BAFA)

Website: https://www.bafa.de/EN/Home/home_node.html

* This project is part of a pre-existing EU activity in the regions and has not resulted from the submission of a CoE project proposal. Due to the different origin of the project, not all countries involved are CoE partner countries.

** This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

*** This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of the Member States on this issue.