Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  International Conference on Air Law (1971 : Montreal, Canada)
• Corporate Contributors:
  International Civil Aviation Organization
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Aviation law
  • International compacts
  • Terrorism
  • Crimes aboard aircraft
  • Penalties
  • Aviation safety
  • Air incidents
  • Endangerment
  • Montreal Convention
• Resource Type:
  Other
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Canada
• Corporate Publisher:
  International Civil Aviation Organization
• Abstract:
  The Montreal Convention defines a wide spectrum of unlawful acts against the safety of civil aviation and the Contracting States have undertaken to make these offences punishable by severe penalties. The Convention contains detailed provisions on jurisdiction, custody, prosecution and extradition of the alleged offender. The Montreal Convention does not apply to aircraft used in military, customs or police services. This Convention attempts to establish a form of universal jurisdiction over the offender, as provided in Article 5(1) of the Convention. Entered into force on January 26, 1973.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37711/dot_37711_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.14 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5b4d43ee55b0525235b524416b0f17dd752cbbfdfeb9e654c9afefe91c8dccdf3f77dffaf5ff0d63e454ffcb17ad659095db23efbe055c5adc2d6cac47722111