HIJACKING OF AIRCRAFT IN RECENT INTERNATIONAL LAW

• NCJ Number: 20555
• Journal: COMMUNITA INERNAZIONALE Volume: 26 Issue: 2 Dated: (APRIL 1971) Pages: 266-281
• Author(s): G Kojanec
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: Societa Italiana Per L'organizzazione Internazionale
• Publication Format: Article
• Country: Italy

Annotation

ANALYSIS OF THE VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF AERIAL HIJACKING.

Abstract

FOCUSSING ON THE ESSENTIALLY INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER OF MOST HIJACKINGS, THE AUTHOR NOTES THE DIFFICULTIES OF EXTRADITING INDIVIDUALS FOR AN OFFENSE WHICH THEY CLAIM IS POLITICAL IN NATURE, SINCE POLITICAL OFFENSES HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN EXCLUDED FROM EXTRADITION AGREEMENTS. AGREEMENTS ALONE ARE INADEQUATE TO COMBAT HIJACKING; THERE IS ALSO A NEED FOR COORDINATED AND PARALLEL MECHANISMS IN INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATIES. --IN ITALIAN...PLO