Convention for the Suppression of unlawful seizure of aircraft
| Coming into Force | 14 October 1971 |
| Party Submitting the Application for Registration | United States of America,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Date of Conclusion | 16 December 1970 |
| Registration Date | 08 March 1973 |
| Citation | UNTS v. 860 (p.105) |
| Registration Number | 12325 |
| Subject Terms | Aviation,Criminal matters,Legal matters,Transport,Terrorism |
| Type of Document | Multilateral |
| Depositary | Government of the United States of America,Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Participants | Andorra,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Australia,Austria,Bahamas,Bahrein,Barbados,Bélgica,Bhutan,Brasil,Brunei Darussalam,Bulgaria,Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic,Canada,Chad,Chile,Congo,Cook Islands,Costa Rica,Cyprus,Czechoslovakia,Dahomey,Dinamarca,Ecuador,Estonia,Ethiopia,Federal Republic of Germany,Fiji,Finlandia,France,Gabon,German Democratic Republic,Greece,Hungria,Islandia,India,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italia,Japón,Jordan,Kuwait,Latvia,Liechtenstein,Luxembourg,Malaysia,Maldives,Mali,Malta,México,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Myanmar,Nepal,Holanda,New Zealand,Niger,Nigeria,Noruega,Oman,Pakistán,Panamá,Papua New Guinea,Paraguay,Perú,Polonia,Portugal,Republic of China,Rumania,Senegal,Seychelles,Sierra Leone,Singapore,Eslovaquia,Eslovenia,South Africa,España,Sri Lanka,St. Vincent and the Grenadines,Suecia,Suiza,Thailand,Tonga,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Turquia,Turkmenistan,Uganda,Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United States,Uzbekistan,Yemen Arab Republic,Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of),Zimbabwe |
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MULTILATERAL
Convention for
the suppression
of
unlawful
seizure
of
aircraft.
Signed
at
The
Hague
on
16
December
1970
Authentic
texts:
English,
French,
Russian
and
Spanish.
Registered
by
the
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics,
the
United Kingdom
of
Great
Britain
and
Northern Ireland and
the
United
States
of
America
on
8
March
1973.
MULTILATERAL
Convention
pour
la
repression
de
d'aeronefs.
Sign6e
A
La
Haye
le
la
capture
illicite
16
decembre
1970
Textes
authentiques:
anglais,
frangais,
russe
et
espagnol.
Enregistrie
par
l'Union
des
Ripi~bliques
socialistes
soviitiques,
le
R
oyaume-Uni
de
Grande-Bretagne
et
d'Irlande
du
Nord
et
les
Etats-Unis
d'Amirique
le
8
mars
1973.
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Nations-Treaty
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&
Nations
Unies-Recueil
des
Traitis
CONVENTION'
FOR
THE
SUPPRESSION
OF
UNLAWFUL
SEI-
ZURE
OF
AIRCRAFT
PREAMBLE
The
States parties to
this
Convention
CONSIDERING
that
unlawful
acts
of seizure or
exercise
of
control
of
aircraft
in
flight
jeopardize
the
safety
of
persons
and
property,
seriously
affect
the
operation
of
air
services,
and
undermine the
confidence
of
the
peoples
of
the
world
in
the
safety-
of civil
aviation;
Came into
force
on
14
October
1971
for
the
States
indicated
hereafter,
i.e.
30
days
following
the date
(14
September
1971)
by
which
the instruments
of
ratification
of ten signatory
States
having
participated
in
The
Hague
Conference
had
been
deposited
with
the
Governments
of the
Union
of Soviet Socialist
Republics,
the
United
Kingdom
of
Great
Britain and
Northern
Ireland or
the
United
States
of
America,
designated
as
the
depositary
Governments,
in
accordance
with article
13
(3):
r
State
Japan
..................................
B
ulgaria
................................
Ecuador
.
......
.......
...... ......
.... ..
Sw
eden
.. .............. ...... ...... ... ..
C
osta
R
ica ... .......
.....
......... .......
G
abon
.. . . . . . ... ................. . . . . . . .
H
ungary
......
..
....
........ ........
....
Israel
............................... ...
N
orw
ay
.,...............................
Sw
itzerland
..............................
United
States
of America
......................
Date
of
deposit
of
the
instrument
of
ratification
at
London
(L),
Moscow (M)
or
Washington
(W)
19
April
1971
(L,
M,
W)
19
May
1971
(W)
26
May
1971
(L)
23
February
1972
(M)
14
June
1971
(W)
7
July
1971 (L,
M,
W)
9
July
1971
(W)
14
July
1971 (L)
13
August
1971
(L,
M,
W)
16
August
1971 (L,
M,
W)
23
August
1971
(L,
M,
W)
14
September
1971
(L,
M,
W)
14
September
1971
(W)
21
September
1971
(L)
23
September
1971
(M)
Subsequently,
the
Convention
came
into
force for
each
of
the
following
States
30
days
following
the date
of
deposit of
their
instrument
of
ratification
or
accession,
in
accordance
with article
13
(4):
Date
of
deposit
of
the
instrument
of ratification
or
accession
(a)
at
London
(L)
Moscow
(M) or
State
Washinigton
(W)
A
rgentina
..........................
A
ustralia
.. .......
.....
...... .......
Brazil
......
.......................
Byelorussian
Soviet Socialist
Republic.
C
anada
..
........
.....
.......
......
C
had
........................ . . . . .
Chile .. ............. .............
Cyprus
......
.......
....
......
.....
Czechoslovakia
......................
Dahomey
.....
.................
.....
D
enm
ark
. ..........................
11
September
20
September
21
September
9
November
14
January
30
December
19
June
20
June
23
June
12
July
12
July
17
August
2
February
6
June
8
June
5 July
6
April
13
March
17
October
1972
(W)
1972
(M)
1972
(L)
1972
(L,
M,
W)
1972
(L,
M,
W)
1971
(M)
1972
(L)
1972
(W)
1972
(M)
1972
(W)
1972a
(L)
1972a
(M)
1972
(L)
1972a
(L)
1972a
(M)
1972a
(W)
1972
(L,
M,
W)
1972
(W)
1972
(L,
M,
W)
Date of
entry
into
force
11
October
1972
9
December
1972
13
February
1972
29
January
1972
19
July
1972
1I
August
1972
3
March
1972
6
July
1972
6
May
1972
12
April
1972
16
November
1972
(Decision
reserved
as
regards
the
application
of
the
Convention
to
the Faeroe
Islands
and
Greenland.)
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CONSIDERING
that
the
occurence
of
such
acts
is
a
matter
of
grave
concern;
CONSIDERING
that,
for
the
purpose
of
deterring
such
acts,
there
is
an
urgent
need
to
provide
appropriate
measures
for
punishment
of
offenders;
Have
agreed
as
follows:
Article
1.
Any
person
who
on
board
an
aircraft
in
flight:
(a) unlawfully,
by
force
or
threat thereof,
or
by
any
other
form
of
intimidation,
seizes,
or
exercises
control
of,
that
aircraft,
or
attempts
to
perform
any
such
act,
or
(b)
is
an accomplice of
a
person
who
performs
or
attempts
to
perform
any
such
act
commits
an
offence
(hereinafter referred
to
as
"the
offence").
Article
2.
Each
Contracting
State
undertakes
to
make
the offence
punishable
by
severe
penalties.
Article
3.
1.
For
the
purposes
of
this
Convention,
an
aircraft
is
considered
to
be
in
flight
at
any
time
from
the
moment
when
all
its
external
doors
are
closed
following
embarkation
until
the
moment
when
any
such door
is
opened
for
disembarkation.
In
the
case of
a
forced
landing,
the
flight
shall
be deemed
to
continue
until
the
competent
authorities
take over
the
responsibility
for
the
aircraft
and
for
persons
and
property
on
board.
Date
of
deposit
of
the
instrumfent
of ratification
or
accession
(a)
at
London
(L),
Moscow
(M)
o
State
Washington
(W)
Date
of
entry
into
force
Fiji ..............................
27
July
1972
(W
)
26
August
1972
14
August
1972
(L)
29
August
1972 (M)
Finland
...............................
15
December
1971
(L,
M,
W)
14
January
1972
France.............................
18
September
1972
(L,
M,
W)
18
October
1972
German
Democratic
Republic
............. 3
June
1971
(M)
14
October
1971
Iran
..............................
25
January
1972
(L,
W
)
24
February
1972
2
February
1972 (M)
Iraq
.............................. 3
December
1971
(M)
2
January
1972
4
January
1972
(L)
Jordan
............................
16
November
1971
(M)
16
December
1971
18
November
1971
(W)
I
December
1971
(L)
Mali
..............................
17
August
1971a
(M)
14
October
1971
29
September
1971a
(W)
Mexico
................. ...........
19
July
1972
(L,
M,
W)
18
August
1972
Mongolia
.......... :.................
8
October
1971
(M)
7
November
1971
Niger
.............................
15
October
1971
(W
)
14
November
1971
Panama
............................
10
March
1972
(W
)
9
April
1972
Paraguay
...........................
4
February
1972
(W)
5
March
1972
Poland
............................
21
March
1972
(L,
M,
W
)
20
April
1972
Portugal
...........................
27
November
1972
(L)
27
December
1972
Republic
of
China
.......................
27
July
1972
(W) 26
August
1972
Romania
..............................
10
July
1972
(L,
M,
W)
9
August
1972
South Africa
........................
30
May
1972
(W)
29
June
1972
Spain
.............. ...............
30
October
1972
(W)
29
November
1972
Trinidad
and Tobago
.....................
31
January
1972
(L)
1
March
1972
Uganda
.............................
27
March
1972a
(L)
26
April
1972
Ukrainian Soviet
Socialist
Republic
..........
21
February
1972
(M)
22
March
1972
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist Republics
..........
24
September
1971
(L,
M,
W)
24
October
1971
United
Kingdom
of
Great
Britain
and
Northern
Ireland
............................
22
December
1971
(L,
M,
W)
21
January
1972
(In
respect
of
the United
Kingdom
of
Great
Britain and
Northern
Ireland and
Territories
under the
territorial
sovereignty
of
the United
Kingdom,
as
well as
the
British
Solomon Islands
Protectorate.)
Yugoslavia
.........................
2
October
1972
(L,
M,
W)
I
November
1972
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