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127. The Federal Chancellor's presentation on the scope of the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
According to the United Nations Secretary-General's communications, the following other countries have their instruments of accession to the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (BGBl). III n ° 168/2001, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III No 93/2008):
States: |
Date of deposit of the instrument of accession: |
Antigua and Barbuda |
24 September 2009 |
Dominican Republic |
21 October 2008 |
Guinea-Bissau |
6. August 2008 |
Niue |
22 June 2009 |
Solomon Islands |
24 September 2009 |
St. Lucia |
17 October 2012 |
On the occasion of the deposit of the instrument of accession, St Lucia has expressed the following reservations:
1. |
In accordance with Article 10 (2) of the Convention, the Government of St. Lucia shall not be bound by the arbitral proceedings provided for in Article 20 (1) of the Convention. |
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2. |
That the explicit explicit consent of the Government of St. Lucia is necessary in order to subject disputes to arbitration proceedings or to the International Court of Justice. |
According to a further note by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Netherlands 1 On 22 March 2010, the Agreement shall apply to Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (formerly Netherlands Antilles) with the following declaration:
The Kingdom of the Netherlands takes the view that Article 8 (1) of the Convention includes the right of the competent judicial authorities to decide not to have a person suspected of having committed such a crime criminal proceedings if, in the opinion of the competent judicial authorities, an effective prosecution is impossible due to serious procedural concerns.
In addition, the United Kingdom 2 extend the scope of the Convention to the Isle of Man on 1 June 2012 and to Jersey on 16 April 2013.
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