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Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International Civil Aviation (2010 )

Type Official document
Date published 10.09.2010
Author UN
Description
  • Criminalizes the act of using civil aircraft as a weapon to cause death, injury or damage;
  • Criminalizes the act of using civil aircraft to discharge biological, chemical and nuclear (BCN) weapons or similar substances to cause death, injury or damage, or the act of using such substances to attack civil aircraft;
  • Criminalizes the act of unlawful transport of BCN weapons or certain related material;
  • A cyber attack on air navigation facilities constitutes an offence;
  • A threat to commit an offence may be an offence by itself, if the threat is credible.
  • Conspiracy to commit an offence, or its equivalence, is punishable.
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