Appendix 2: List of International Anti-terrorist Conventions

Managing Threats to Domestic Security.

Terrorism involving aircraft

  • Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (1963)
  • Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (1970)
  • Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation (1971) and its Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation (1988)

Terrorism involving ships

  • Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (1988)
  • Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms located on the Continental Shelf (1988)

Terrorist acts against persons

  • Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents (1973)
  • Convention against the Taking of Hostages (1979)
  • Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel (1994)

Terrorism conventions relating to the use of particular materials

  • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (1980) – New Zealand is not a party to this convention
  • Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection (1991) – New Zealand is not a party to this convention
  • Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (1997)

Financing terrorism

  • Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999)

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