There are 13 international legal instruments that play an integral part in the global fight against terrorism. Resolution 1373 calls for States to ratify them as soon as possible. The Counter-Terrorism Committee is committed to assisting States in this effort.
The 13 conventions and protocols* are:
Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed On Board Aircraft
Signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963
Entered into force on 4 December 1969
Status: 182 Parties
Hyperlink: Aircraft Convention
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft
Signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970
Entered into force on 14 October 1971
Status: 185 Parties
Hyperlink: Unlawful Seizure Convention
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation
Signed at Montreal on 23 September 1971
Entered into force on 26 January 1973
Status: 185 Parties
Hyperlink: Civil Aviation Convention
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents
Adopted at New York on 14 December 1973
Entered into force on 20 February 1977
Status: 166 Parties
Hyperlink: Diplomatic Agents Convention
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages
Adopted at New York on 17 December 1979
Entered into force on 3 June 1983
Status: 168 Parties
Hyperlink: Hostage Taking Convention
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Signed at Vienna on 26 October 1979
Entered into force on 8 February 1987
Status: 130 Parties
Amendments to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Signed at Vienna on 8 July 2005
Subject to ratification
Hyperlink: Nuclear Material Convention
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 23 September 1971
Signed at Montreal on 24 February 1988
Entered into force on 6 August 1989
Status: 161 Parties
Hyperlink: Airport Protocol
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
Done at Rome on 10 March 1988
Entered into force on 1 March 1992
Status: 146 Parties
Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
Adopted at London on 14 October 2005
Hyperlink: Maritime Convention
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf
Done at Rome on 10 March 1988
Entered into force on 1 March 1992
Status: 135 Parties
Protocol to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf
Adopted at London on 14 October 2005
Hyperlink: Fixed Platform Protocol
Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection
Done at Montreal on 1 March 1991
Entered into force on 21 June 1998
Status: 136 Parties
Hyperlink: Plastic Explosives Convention
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
Adopted at New York on 15 December 1997
Entered into force on 23 May 2001
Status: 153 Parties
Hyperlink: Terrorist Bombing Convention
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
Adopted at New York on 9 December 1999
Entered into force on 10 April 2002
Status: 160 Parties
Hyperlink: Terrorist Financing Convention
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
Adopted at New York on 13 April 2005
Entered into force on 7 July 2007
Status: 29 Parties
Hyperlink: Nuclear Terrorism Convention
*information on status current as of 12 December 2007
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