The Biocriminalization Project, launched in September 2006, is an initiative in Interpol’s Bioterrorism Prevention Program. It has the objectives of –
- Defining assessment criteria and other database requirements for a Biocriminalization Database
- Constructing a database to identify the results of the data collection and consolidation
- Entering the assessment results into the database
- Identifying nations that have enacted adequate criminal legislation against biological weapons and those that have not taken such measures
- Providing assistance, as necessary, for the development of draft legislation, and
- Identifying priority countries in need of assistance for strengthening laws that outlaw biological weapons activities and provide such assistance to the priority countries.
Interpol members are encouraged to submit the texts of any relevant legislation which has the objective of preventing and prohibiting the misuse of biological agents and toxins to the General Secretariat. Provisions of these texts will be incorporated into a country-specific database on the Interpol web site. The purpose of the database is to gather all such legislation into one user-friendly place, to encourage Interpol members to see how other states have developed laws preventing and prohibiting the misuse of biological agents and toxins, and to promote best practices in legislative drafting and enforcement.
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