Justice Ministry: Additional Protocol on Crimes Against the Environment

The Ministry of Justice participated in the 13th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, held at the United Nations Office at Vienna, with a delegation headed by First Advisor Badr Al-Musa’ad, Director of the Kuwait Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies. The Ministry stated in a press release that the biennial conference focuses on monitoring the implementation of the United Nations Convention by member states, following the launch of an implementation review process under a resolution adopted by the Conference at its tenth session. The release added that the current session, which concludes on October 23, will present and discuss several draft resolutions to be issued by the Conference, including the establishment of a drafting committee to prepare an additional protocol to the Convention on environmental crimes. The Ministry’s delegation, in addition to its head, First Advisor Badr Al-Musa’ad, includes Senior Legal Researcher Yaqoub Al-Ajil and Raim Al-Ansari, an interpreter from the International Relations Department.