Preface
Introduction
Conventions
UN Resolutions
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Universal Conventions

UN Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) called for the full ratification of the global anti-terrorism conventions. These are:

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
(New York, 13 April 2005)

OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, 1999
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, 1999

International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, 1998

Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Identification, 1991

Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, 1988

Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988

Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, 1971 (Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation 1988)

Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, 1980

International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages, 1979

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons, 1973

Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, 1971
(The Montreal Convention 1971)


Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, 1971
(The Hague Convention 1970)


Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, 1963
(Tokyo Convention)


  (Specially Prepared for IGAD Member States)
Acknowledgement: the original compendium of these Instruments was compiled by UNODC

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