International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings

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The International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings is a United Nations treaty that obliges states to criminalize and cooperate in prosecuting or extraditing those who carry out bomb attacks in public places and against government facilities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty ⓘ
counter-terrorism convention ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate 1997-12-15 ⓘ
adoptionPlace New York City ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1997 Terrorist Bombings Convention ⓘ
Terrorist Bombings Convention ⓘ
appliesTo bomb attacks against infrastructure facilities ⓘ
bomb attacks against public transportation systems ⓘ
bomb attacks against state or government facilities ⓘ
bomb attacks in public places ⓘ
bindingOn states that have ratified or acceded to the convention ⓘ
concludedUnderAuspicesOf United Nations ⓘ
containsProvisionOn extradition ⓘ
jurisdiction of states parties ⓘ
mutual legal assistance ⓘ
prevention of offences ⓘ
rights of the accused ⓘ
definesOffenceAs unlawful and intentional delivery, placement, discharge or detonation of an explosive or other lethal device in specified locations ⓘ
depositedWith Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 2001-05-23 ⓘ
excludesFromScope activities of armed forces during an armed conflict as understood under international humanitarian law ⓘ
activities undertaken by military forces of a state in the exercise of their official duties ⓘ
goal enhance international cooperation against terrorist bombings ⓘ
ensure that perpetrators of terrorist bombings do not find safe haven ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
obligesStatesTo afford one another the greatest measure of mutual legal assistance ⓘ
make offences punishable by appropriate penalties reflecting their grave nature ⓘ
take measures to ensure that offences are not justified by political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or similar considerations ⓘ
take suspects into custody or otherwise ensure their presence for prosecution or extradition ⓘ
openedForSignature 1998-01-12 ⓘ
openedForSignatureAt United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
partOf UN sectoral counter-terrorism conventions ⓘ
registrationNumber United Nations Treaty Series 2149, p. 256 ⓘ
relatedTo International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism ⓘ
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism ⓘ
requiresStatesTo cooperate in investigation and prosecution of offences ⓘ
criminalize terrorist bombings under domestic law ⓘ
establish jurisdiction over offences defined in the convention ⓘ
prosecute or extradite alleged offenders ⓘ
subject suppression of terrorist bombings ⓘ

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United Nations crime suppression conventions → includesInstrument → International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings ⓘ
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism → relatedTo → International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings ⓘ
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings → alsoKnownAs → Terrorist Bombings Convention ⓘ
linked to: International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings → alsoKnownAs → 1997 Terrorist Bombings Convention ⓘ
linked to: International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism → relatedTo → International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings ⓘ