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INTERNATIONAL SUPPRESSION OF HIJACKING (FROM INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND POLITICAL CRIMES, 1975, BY M C BASSIOUNI - SEE NCJ-27895)

NCJ Number
27902
Author(s)
A LEE
Date Published
1975
Length
9 pages
Annotation
EXAMINES CONVENTIONS ON AIRCRAFT HIJACKING AND IMPRESSES THE NEED FOR THESE TO BE RATIFIED AND IMPLEMENTED BY ALL RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENTS.
Abstract
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THREE CONVENTIONS ON AIRCRAFT HIJACKING - THE HAGUE CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF CIVIL AVIATION (1970), THE 1971 MONTREAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF CIVIL AVIATION, AND THE TOKYO CONVENTION.