COPLA: A Transnational Criminal Court for Latin America & the Caribbean

Robert Currie; Jacob Leon

COPLA: A Transnational Criminal Court for Latin America & the Caribbean

Robert Currie
, Jacob Leon

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Abstract

States in the Latin American and Caribbean regions have long called for the creation of an independent, international court to prosecute members of transnational organized crime gangs. These organizations not only profit from the illicit traffic in drugs, people and cultural property, but are able to corrupt and undermine the domestic legal systems and judiciaries of the affected states. This paper examines the current proposal for the creation of the "Latin American and Caribbean Criminal Court Against Transnational Organized Crime" (COPLA). It reviews the rationale for creating such a court, examines the main pillars of the current proposal, and suggests the potential for it to play a normative and regulatory role in the transnational criminal law

Original language	Canadian English
Journal	Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
Publication status	Published - Jan. 1 2018

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Transnational Criminal Law
Transnational Organized Crime
International Courts
Latin America
Caribbean
Narcotics Trafficking
Human Trafficking
Cultural Property

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Criminal Law
International Law
Law
Transnational Law

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COPLA: A Transnational Criminal Court for Latin America & the Caribbean

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