Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of civil aviation:artikel 1

Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of civil aviation

Article 1

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Documentgegevens:

Redactionele toelichting: Deze versie is nog niet voor alle partijen in werking getreden. Zie voor de partijgegevens het protocol van 24-02-1988, Trb. 1988, 88.
Bronpublicatie:: 24-02-1988, Trb. 1988, 88 (uitgifte: 21-07-1988, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Inwerkingtreding: 06-08-1989
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 04-10-1995, Trb. 1995, 230 (uitgifte: 04-10-1995, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Vakgebied(en): Internationaal publiekrecht / Verdragenrecht
Internationaal strafrecht / Bijzondere onderwerpen

1.

Any person commits an offence if he unlawfully and intentionally:

(a): performs an act of violence against a person on board an aircraft in flight if that act is likely to endanger the safety of that aircraft; or
(b): destroys an aircraft in service or causes damage to such an aircraft which renders it incapable of flight or which is likely to endanger its safety in flight; or
(c): places or causes to be placed on an aircraft in service, by any means whatsoever, a device or substance which is likely to destroy that aircraft, or to cause damage to it which renders it incapable of flight, or to cause damage to it which is likely to endanger its safety in flight; or
(d): destroys or damages air navigation facilities or interferes with their operation, if any such act is likely to endanger the safety of aircraft in flight; or
(e): communicates information which he knows to be false, thereby endangering the safety of an aircraft in flight.

Any person commits an offence if he unlawfully and intentionally, using any device, substance or weapon:

(a): performs an act of violence against a person at an airport serving international civil aviation which causes or is likely to cause serious injury or death; or
(b): destroys or seriously damages the facilities of an airport serving international civil aviation or aircraft not in service located thereon or disrupts the services of the airport,

if such an act endangers or is likely to endanger safety at that airport.

Any person also commits an offence if he:

(a): attempts to commit any of the offences mentioned in paragraph 1 or paragraph 1 bis of this Article; or
(b): is an accomplice of a person who commits or attempts to commit any such offence.