Terrorism

International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (New York, 15 December 1997)

(Signatories: 58; Parties: 170)

• It is a 1997 United Nations treaty designed to criminalize terrorist bombings.
• The convention describes terrorist bombings as the unlawful and intentional use of explosives in public places with intention to kill, to injure, or to cause extensive destruction to compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing some act.
• The convention also seeks to promote police and judicial co-operation to prevent, investigate and punish those acts.
• India signed the convention on 17 Sept, 1999 and ratified on 22 Sept, 1999.

International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (New York, 9 December 1999)

(Signatories: 132; Parties: 188)

• This convention is designed to criminalize acts of financing acts of terrorism. The treaty entered into force on 10 April 2002.
• The convention seeks to promote police and judicial co-operation to prevent, investigate and punish the financing of such acts.
• India signed the convention on 8 Sept, 2000 and ratified on 22 Apr, 2003.

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (New York, 13 April 2005)

(Signatories: 115; Parties: 114)

• It is also termed as Nuclear Terrorism Convention and is designed to criminalize acts of nuclear terrorism and to promote police and judicial cooperation to prevent, investigate and punish those acts.
• The Convention covers a broad range of acts and possible targets, including nuclear power plants and nuclear reactors; covers threats and attempts to commit such crimes or to participate in them, as an accomplice; stipulates that offenders shall be either extradited or prosecuted; encourages States to cooperate in preventing terrorist attacks by sharing information and assisting each other in connection with criminal investigations and extradition proceedings; and, deals with both crisis situations, assisting States to solve the situations and post-crisis situations by rendering nuclear material safe through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• Most recently, Benin ratified the convention on 2 November 2017.
• India signed the treaty on 24 July, 2006 and ratified on 1 Dec, 2006.