Most of the recommendations raised in this paper, which revises and updates the 2020 Amnesty International Recommendations for a Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance, have already been addressed to the attention of states during the drafting process. Amnesty International encourages all states to adopt, duly amended, as recommended below, the Draft MLA Convention, since it significantly enhances inter-state cooperation in criminal matters and, thus, will be an effective tool in the fight against impunity for crimes under international law.
