143. Presentation by the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Protocol against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime

According to the Communications of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following States have ratified their instruments of ratification or ratification. Accession documents to the Protocol against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (BGBl). III n ° 11/2008, last proclamation of the BGBl scope. III No 117/2010):

States:	Date of deposit of the instruments of ratification. Certificate of Accession:
Greece	11. January 2011
Haiti	19 April 2011
India	5 May 2011
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29 October 2010
Togo	28 September 2010

On the occasion of the deposit of the instrument of ratification, Greece has expressed the following reservations:

Article 13 of the Protocol against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air, without prejudice to Art. 9A and Article 19 (3) of the Constitution, 8 (1) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 436-457 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and 352B of the Penal Code, supplemented by Art. 2 (12) of Law 3625/2007 (State Gazette 290A), Law 2472/1997, amended by Article 8 of Law 2819/2000 (State Gazette 84A), 10 of Law 3090/2002 (State Gazette 329A) and 8 of the Law 3625/2007, Law 3471/2006 (State Gazette 133A) and Presidential Decree 47/2005 (State Gazette 64A) .

The Greek State uses Article 20 (3) of the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air and declares that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph 2 of this Article.

In addition, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have issued a notification under Article 8 (6):

Name of authority:

Commissioner of Police

c/o Coast Guard Base

Calliaqua

P.O.Box 3020

Kingstown

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

According to a further note by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Kingdom of the Netherlands 1 on the 11th October 2010:

Following an amendment to the internal constitutional relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with effectiveness of 10. October 2010, the Protocol shall apply in the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba).

Faymann