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1997 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings

Short Title / Abbreviations

1997 Terrorist Bombing Convention

CIL Subject Classification
Citations to Text 2149 UNTS 256, ATS 17, U.N. Doc. A/RES/52/164
Date of Adoption 15/12/1997
Place of Adoption New York, United States of America
Secretariat / Relevant Authority

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

 

Dispute settlement provisions

Article 20:

“1. Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention which cannot be settled through negotiation within a reasonable time shall, at the request of one of them, be submitted to arbitration. If, within six months from the date of the request for arbitration, the parties are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of those parties may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice, by application, in conformity with the Statute of the Court.

2. Each State may at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance or approval of this Convention or accession thereto declare that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph 1 of the present article. The other States Parties shall not be bound by paragraph 1 with respect to any State Party which has made such a reservation.

3. Any State which has made a reservation in accordance with paragraph 2 of the present article may at any time withdraw that reservation by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.”

Depository

Secretary-General of the United Nations

Annexes

Entry Into Force Status In Force
Date of Entry into Force

23/05/2001

Entry into Force / Termination Provisions

Article 22:

“1. This Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of the deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

2. For each State ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.”

General Status 170 Parties (as of 06/12/2019)
Links to Current Status/Reservations United Nations Treaty Collection
Status
ASEAN States (Source:

United Nations Treaty Collection

as of 06/12/2019)
Brunei Darussalam Accession 14/03/2002
Cambodia Accession 31/07/2006
Indonesia Accession 29/06/2006
Reservation 29/06/2006
Declaration 29/06/2006
Lao PDR Accession 22/08/2002
Reservation 22/08/2002
Malaysia Accession 24/09/2003
Declaration 24/09/2003
Notification 24/09/2003
Myanmar Accession 12/11/2001
Reservation 12/11/2001
Philippines Signature 23/09/1998
Ratification 07/01/2004
Singapore Accession 31/12/2007
Reservation 31/12/2007
Declaration 31/12/2007
Notification 31/12/2007
Thailand Accession 12/06/2007
Vietnam Accession 09/01/2014
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1979 International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages

1988 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation

1988 Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation

1991 Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection

1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism

2005 International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism

2005 Protocol to the 1988 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation

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

 

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