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UN Conventions
As a member of the United Nations, the Netherlands attaches great importance to international agreements on the prevention of terrorism. In fact, it was involved in the conclusion of several of them. At present, the main legal instruments for preventing terrorism are contained in twelve UN conventions. The oldest one dates from 1953, while the most recent was signed in 1999. The United Nations assists its member states in implementing the agreements laid down in the conventions.
- 1. Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (Tokyo, 1963)
- 2. Convention for the suppression of unlawful seizure of aircraft (The Hague, 1970)
- 3. Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of civil aviation (Montreal, 1971)
- 4. Convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against internationally protected persons, including diplomatic agents (New York, 1973)
- 5. International convention against the taking of hostages (1979)
- 6. Convention on the physical protection of nuclear material (Vienna, 1980)
- 7. Protocol for the suppression of unlawful acts of violence at airports serving international civil aviation (Montreal, 1988)
- 8. Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of maritime navigation (Rome, 1988)
- 9. Protocol for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of fixed platforms located on the continental shelf (Rome, 1988)
- 10. Convention on the marking of plastic explosives for the purpose of detection (Montreal, 1991)
- 11. International convention for the suppression of terrorist bombings (1997)
- 12. International convention for the suppression of the financing of terrorism (1999)
