The agreement on cooperation of the Prosecutor General's Offices (prosecutor's offices) of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the field of protection of the rights and legitimate interests of minors

of May 25, 2006

The Prosecutor General's Offices (prosecutor's offices) of the Azerbaijan Republic, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, Ukraine which are hereinafter referred to as by the Parties

proceeding from the aspiration to provide compliance with law, directed to protection of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of minors,

being concerned by scales and tendencies of rise in crime against minors, especially in its organized forms,

aiming to provide effective counteraction to violations of the rights and legitimate interests of minors,

being guided by the conventional principles and rules of international law in the field of protection of human rights and freedoms,

in view of regulations of the Convention of the United Nations on the child's rights of November 20, 1989, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child concerning trade in children, child prostitution and child pornography of May 25, 2000, the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime of November 15, 2000 and supplementing it the Protocol on the prevention and suppression of human trafficking, especially with women and children and punishment for it of November 15, 2000,

being guided by fundamental documents of the Commonwealth of Independent States,

wishing to render each other broader assistance and to increase efficiency of cooperation in the field,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. The parties, being guided by the national legal system, the international obligations of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States and this agreement, within the competence perform cooperation for the purpose of protection of the rights and legitimate interests of minors, development of the approved strategy and joint efforts in this sphere.

2. This agreement does not raise the questions of rendering legal assistance on criminal cases and issues.

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