Serena Forlati, LLM (Bruges), Ph.D. (Rome La Sapienza), is Professor of International Law at the University of Ferrara. Among her publications are S. Carnevale, S. Forlati, O. Giolo (eds), Redefining Organized Crime – A Challenge for the European Union? (Hart, 2017) and S. Forlati, P. Franzina (eds), Universal Civil Jurisdiction – Which Way Forward? (Brill/Nijhoff, 2020).

• PrefaceThe United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 20 Years from Its AdoptionStrengths, Achievements and Challenges AheadTania Bañuelos MejíaAbstractKeywordsIntroduction1 Strengths2 Achievements3 Challenges AheadThe Review Mechanism of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and Its ProtocolsAn Analysis Based on Peer Review MethodologyChristian PontiAbstractKeywordsIntroductory Remarks1 Common Features of the Peer Review Methodology and the Preliminary Phase of the Process2 Consultation3 Assessment4 The Legitimacy of the UNTOC Review Mechanism5 ConclusionThe Implementation Review Mechanism of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC)What Role for Civil Society?Ian Tennant and Prem MahadevanAbstractKeywordsIntroduction1 What Is Civil Society?2 What Value Can Civil Society Add to the Review Mechanism?3 The Debate about the Role of Civil Society4 What Was Agreed in 2018?5 What Space for Civil Society in the Mechanism?6 Analysis of the Role Given to Civil Society by the Convention and the Review Mechanism7 How Does the UNTOC Review Mechanism Compare with Other Mechanisms?8 Conclusion9 Postscript: Connecting the Local and the GlobalIntegrating the UNCAC and the UNTOC for Effective Prevention and International CooperationChallenges for Global Crime GovernanceUglješa Ugi ZvekićAbstractKeywordsIntroductory Remarks1 The UNTOC2 The UNCAC3 The Role of Civil Society4 Concluding ObservationsThe Palermo Convention and the Fight against TerrorismJulie AlixAbstractKeywordsIntroduction1 A Different Methodological Approach towards Two Categories of International Crime2 Elements for Rethinking the Articulation between the International Efforts to Fights against Terrorism and Transnational Organized CrimeInternational Cooperation for the Repression of Core CrimesWhat Role for the UNTOC?Alessandra AnnoniAbstractKeywordsIntroduction1 The Scope of the International Obligation to Prosecute Core Crimes2 The Obligation to Cooperate for the Repression of Core Crimes3 The Applicability of the Cooperation Regime Established by the UNTOC4 Conclusions