International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism

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The International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism is a United Nations treaty that obliges states to criminalize and prevent the funding of terrorist activities and to cooperate in related investigations and prosecutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty ⓘ
counter-terrorism convention ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate 1999-12-09 ⓘ
adoptionPlace New York City ⓘ
aimsTo criminalize the financing of terrorism ⓘ
enhance international cooperation in investigations of terrorist financing ⓘ
enhance international cooperation in prosecutions of terrorist financing ⓘ
prevent the financing of terrorist acts ⓘ
appliesTo funds of any kind, whether from legitimate or illegitimate sources ⓘ
contains provisions on extradition for terrorist financing offences ⓘ
provisions on identification, detection and freezing of funds ⓘ
provisions on mutual legal assistance ⓘ
definesOffenceAs providing or collecting funds with the intention that they be used to carry out terrorist acts ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
encourages cooperation between states and international organizations to combat terrorist financing ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 2002-04-10 ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalArea counter-terrorism law ⓘ
international criminal law ⓘ
international financial regulation related to terrorism ⓘ
negotiatedWithin United Nations ⓘ
obligesStatesTo consider measures for monitoring or regulating non-profit organizations vulnerable to terrorist abuse ⓘ
cooperate in preventing terrorist financing through information exchange ⓘ
openedForSignature 2000-01-10 ⓘ
partOf United Nations counter-terrorism instruments ⓘ
placeOpenedForSignature New York City ⓘ
prohibits use of funds for acts intended to cause death or serious bodily injury to civilians ⓘ
relatedTo International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 ⓘ
requiresStatesTo ensure that terrorist financing offences are punishable by appropriate penalties ⓘ
establish jurisdiction over offences committed by their nationals ⓘ
establish jurisdiction over offences committed in their territory ⓘ
establish jurisdiction over offences committed on board ships or aircraft registered in them ⓘ
establish liability of legal entities for participation in terrorist financing ⓘ
establish terrorist financing as a criminal offence under domestic law ⓘ
extradite or prosecute persons accused of terrorist financing ⓘ
freeze and seize funds intended to finance terrorism ⓘ
provide mutual legal assistance in investigations of terrorist financing ⓘ
subject suppression of the financing of terrorism ⓘ
UNGeneralAssemblyResolutionNumber 54/109 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations crime suppression conventions → includesInstrument → International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism ⓘ
Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing → cooperatesWith → United Nations conventions against terrorism financing ⓘ
linked to: International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
International Convention against the Taking of Hostages → partOf → UN sectoral counter-terrorism conventions ⓘ
linked to: International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings → relatedTo → International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism ⓘ
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism → relatedTo → International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism ⓘ
Inter-American Convention against Terrorism → relatedTo → United Nations counter-terrorism conventions ⓘ
linked to: International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism