On 22 May 2018, the Chad's Legislative Drafting Committee, established with the support of the Global Firearms Programme to revise and adopt a new firearms legislation, alligned with international instruments on firearms, concluded its work. In a high-level meeting, UNODC officially presented and submitted the draft law on firearms to the Minister of Security and other relevant Institutions, including the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for its consideration and onward submission to the National Assembly.
The official submission of the draft law marks the completion of the technical assistance provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) through its Global Firearms Program in Chad. The draft law, which was officially presented and submitted for consideration to the Minister of Security, is the result of a comprehensive legislative assistance support that started two years, upon request of the Chadian government, with a comprehensive legislative analysis report on the implementation of the United Nations Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Ammunition, Additional to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Firearms Protocol), and other international instruments.
During a high-level ceremony held on 25 May 2018 at the Hilton Hotel of N'djamena, UNODC and members of the Committee presented and submitted officially the final draft text to the Minister of Security, and to other national authorities for their consideration and onward transmission - through the Council of Ministers - to the National Assembly.
With the new draft law, Chad will bring its national legislation in line with relevant international and regional instruments in the field of arms control, and its legal obligations, in particular the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Convention) and its additional Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms (Firearms Protocol), the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and the Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (Kinshasa Convention).