Terrorist Bombings Convention
| International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings | |
|---|---|
| Type | anti-terrorism, international criminal law |
| Drafted | 15 December 1997 |
| Signed | 12 January 1998[1] |
| Location | New York City, United States |
| Effective | 23 May 2001 |
| Condition | 22 ratifications |
| Signatories | 58 |
| Parties | 168 |
| Depositary | United Nations Secretary-General |
| Languages | Arabic Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish |
The Terrorist Bombings Convention (formally the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) is a 1997 United Nations treaty designed to criminalize terrorist bombings.
The convention describes terrorist bombings as the unlawful and intentional use of explosives in public places with intention to kill, to injure, or to cause extensive destruction to compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing some act.
The convention also seeks to promote police and judicial co-operation to prevent, investigate and punish those acts.
As of February 2014, the convention has been ratified by 168 states.[2]
See also
- Definition of terrorism
- International conventions on terrorism
- United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee (Legal)
Notes
- ↑ First signed by Belgium, Canada, France, Russia, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
- ↑ Ratifications.
References
- ASIL, Conventions on the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and on Financing, 96 American Journal of International Law, 255–258.(2002)
- C.F. Diaz-Paniagua, Negotiating terrorism: The negotiation dynamics of four UN counter-terrorism treaties, 1997–2005, City University of New York (2008).
- Giuseppe Nesi, ed., International Cooperation in Counter-terrorism: the United Nations and regional organisations in the fight against terrorism. Aldershort, UK, and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Co., (2005).
- Ben Saul, Defining Terrorism in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006)
- Samuel M.,Witten, The International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, 94 American Journal of International Law 774 – 781 (1998).
- Introductory note by Pierre Klein, procedural history note and audiovisual material on the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings in the Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
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