Beijing Convention
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Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International Civil Aviation | |
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Type | Aviation, international criminal law, anti-terrorism |
Drafted | 10 September 2010 |
Signed | 10 September 2010 |
Location | Beijing, China |
Effective | not in force |
Condition | 22 ratifications |
Signatories | 30 |
Parties | 14 |
Depositary | Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization |
Languages | English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish |
The Beijing Convention (formally, the Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International Civil Aviation) is a 2010 treaty by which state parties agree to criminalise certain terrorist actions against civil aviation.
The Convention was concluded on 10 September 2010 at the Diplomatic Conference on Aviation Security in Beijing. (At the same conference, the Protocol Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft was adopted.) Parties that ratify the Convention agree to criminalise using civil aircraft as a weapon and using dangerous materials to attack aircraft or other targets on the ground. The illegal transport of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons is also criminalised under the Convention.
The negotiation of a new aviation security treaty that would address emerging threats to aviation was in part prompted by the September 11 attacks. At the conclusion of the conference, the U.S. delegate stated that "[o]n the eve of the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States can think of no more fitting and hopeful way to mark that occasion than with the adoption of these two new major counterterrorism instruments."[1]
As of April 2016, the treaty is not in force. It has been signed by 30 states and ratified or acceded to by 14: Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Kuwait, Mali, Myanmar, Netherlands, Panama, Saint Lucia, Sierra Leone, and Switzerland. The Convention will enter into force after it has been ratified or acceded to by 22 states.
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External links
- ↑ "Beijing Convention and Protocol on Aviation Security Adopted", state.gov, 2010-09-14.
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- 2010 in China
- 2010 in aviation
- International Civil Aviation Organization treaties
- Terrorism treaties
- Treaties concluded in 2010
- Treaties not entered into force
- Treaties of Angola
- Treaties of Ivory Coast
- Treaties of the Czech Republic
- Treaties of Cuba
- Treaties of the Dominican Republic
- Treaties of Guyana
- Treaties of Kuwait
- Treaties of Mali
- Treaties of Myanmar
- Treaties of the Netherlands
- Treaties of Panama
- Treaties of Saint Lucia
- Treaties of Sierra Leone
- Treaties of Switzerland
- Treaties extended to the Caribbean Netherlands