<\/p>\n
Article 1<\/p>\n
For the purposes of this Convention<\/p>\n
1. “State or government facility” includes any permanent or temporary
\nfacility or conveyance that is used or occupied by representatives of a State,
\nmembers of Government, the legislature or the judiciary or by officials or
\nemployees of a State or any other public authority or entity or by employees or
\nofficials of an intergovernmental organization in connection with their official
\nduties.<\/p>\n
2. “Infrastructure facility” means any publicly or privately owned facility
\nproviding or distributing services for the benefit of the public, such as water,
\nsewage, energy, fuel or communications.<\/p>\n
3. “Explosive or other lethal device”means:<\/p>\n
(a) An explosive or incendiary weapon or device that is designed, or has the
\ncapability, to cause death, serious bodily injury or substantial material
\ndamage; or<\/p>\n
(b) A weapon or device that is designed, or has the capability, to
\ncause death, serious bodily injury or substantial material damage through the
\nrelease, dissemination or impact of toxic chemicals, biological agents or toxins
\nor similar substances or radiation or radioactive material.<\/p>\n
4. “Military forces of a State”means the armed forces of a State which are
\norganized, trained and equipped under its internal law for the primary purpose
\nof national defence or security and persons acting in support of those armed
\nforces who are under their formal command, control and responsibility.<\/p>\n
5. “Place of public use”means those parts of any building, land, street,
\nwaterway or other location that are accessible or open to members of the public,
\nwhether continuously, periodically or occasionally, and encompasses any
\ncommercial, business, cultural, historical, educational, religious,
\ngovernmental, entertainment, recreational or similar place that is so accessible
\nor open to the public.<\/p>\n
6. “Public transportation system”means all facilities, conveyances and
\ninstrumentalities, whether publicly or privately owned, that are used in or for
\npublicly available services for the transportation of persons or cargo. Article 2<\/p>\n
1. Any person commits an offence within the meaning of this Convention if that
\nperson unlawfully and intentionally delivers, places, discharges or detonates an
\nexplosive or other lethal device in, into or against a place of public use, a
\nState or government facility, a public transportation system or an
\ninfrastructure facility:<\/p>\n
(a) With the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury; or<\/p>\n
(b) With the intent to cause extensive destruction of such a place, facility
\nor system, where such destruction results in or is likely to result in major
\neconomic loss.<\/p>\n
2. Any person also commits an offence if that person attempts to commit an
\noffence as set forth in paragraph 1 of the present article.<\/p>\n
3. Any person also commits an offence if that person:<\/p>\n
(a) Participates as an accomplice in an offence as set forth in paragraph 1
\nor 2 of the present article; or<\/p>\n
(b) Organizes or directs others to commit an offence as set forth in
\nparagraph 1 or 2 of the present article; or<\/p>\n
(c) In any other way contributes to the commission of one or more offences as
\nset forth in paragraph 1 or 2 of the present article by a group of persons
\nacting with a common purpose; such contribution shall be intentional and either
\nbe made with the aim of furthering the general criminal activity or purpose of
\nthe group or be made in the knowledge of the intention of the group to commit
\nthe offence or offences concerned.<\/p>\n
Article 3<\/p>\n
This Convention shall not apply where the offence is committed
\nwithin a single State, the alleged offender and the victims are nationals of
\nthat State, the alleged offender is found in the territory of that State and no
\nother State has a basis under article 6, paragraph 1 or paragraph 2, of this
\nConvention to exercise jurisdiction, except that the provisions of articles 10
\nto 15 shall, as appropriate, apply in those cases.<\/p>\n
Article 4<\/p>\n
Each State Party shall adopt such measures as may be necessary:<\/p>\n
(a) To establish as criminal offences under its domestic law the offences set
\nforth in article 2 of this Convention;<\/p>\n
(b) To make those offences punishable by appropriate penalties which take
\ninto account the grave nature of those offences.<\/p>\n
Article 5<\/p>\n
Each State Party shall adopt such measures as may be necessary, including,
\nwhere appropriate, domestic legislation, to ensure that criminal acts withinthe scope of this Convention, in particular where they are intended or
\ncalculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of
\npersons or particular persons, are under no circumstances justifiable by
\nconsiderations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic,
\nreligious or other similar nature and are punished by penalties consistent with
\ntheir grave nature.<\/p>\n
Article 6<\/p>\n
1. Each State Party shall take such measures as may be necessary to establish
\nits jurisdiction over the offences set forth in article 2 when:<\/p>\n
(a) The offence is committed in the territory of that State; or<\/p>\n
(b) The offence is committed on board a vessel flying the flag of that State
\nor an aircraft which is registered under the laws of that State at the time the
\noffence is committed; or<\/p>\n
(c) The offence is committed by a national of that State.<\/p>\n
2. A State Party may also establish its jurisdiction over any such offence when:<\/p>\n
(a) The offence is committed against a national of that State; or<\/p>\n
(b) The offence is committed against a State or government facility of that
\nState abroad, including an embassy or other diplomatic or consular premises of
\nthat State; or<\/p>\n
(c) The offence is committed by a stateless person who has his or her
\nhabitual residence in the territory of that State; or<\/p>\n
(d) The offence is committed in an attempt to compel that State to do or
\nabstain from doing any act; or<\/p>\n
(e) The offence is committed on board an aircraft which is operated
\nby the Government of that State.<\/p>\n
3. Upon ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Convention, each
\nState Party shall notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the
\njurisdiction it has established under its domestic law in accordance with
\nparagraph 2 of the present article. Should any change take place, the State
\nParty concerned shall immediately notify the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n
4. Each State Party shall likewise take such measures as may be necessary to
\nestablish its jurisdiction over the offences set forth in article 2 in cases
\nwhere the alleged offender is present in its territory and it does not extradite
\nthat person to any of the States Parties which have established their
\njurisdiction in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2 of the present article.<\/p>\n
5. This Convention does not exclude the exercise of any criminal jurisdiction
\nestablished by a State Party in accordance with its domestic law.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Author: international<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\nMentioned in these Entries<\/h3>\n
Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism<\/a>, International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 2<\/a>, International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 3<\/a>, International Conventions from 1991<\/a>, International criminal law: Terrorism and Piracy<\/a>, Rules of Warfare, Arms Control conventions<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings Article 1 For the purposes of this Convention 1. “State or government facility” includes any permanent or temporary facility or conveyance that is used or occupied by representatives of a State, members of Government, the legislature or the judiciary or by officials or employees of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,124,5],"tags":[125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}