RS 0.748.710.31 Protocol of 24 February 1988 for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, Complementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Security d

Original Language Title: RS 0.748.710.31 Protocole du 24 février 1988 pour la répression des actes illicites de violence dans les aéroports servant à l’aviation civile internationale, complémentaire à la Convention pour la répression d’actes illicites dirigés contre la sécurité d

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0.748.710.31

Original text

Protocol

For the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, done in Montreal on 23 September 1971

Conclu in Montreal February 24, 1988

Approved by the Federal Assembly on June 18, 1990 ¹

Instrument of ratification deposited by Switzerland on 9 October 1990

Entered into force for Switzerland on 8 November 1990

(State on 8 March 2016)

The States Parties to this Protocol,

Whereas unlawful acts of violence which compromise or are likely to endanger the safety of persons in airports serving international civil aviation or which endanger the safety of the operation of those Airports, undermine the confidence of the people of the world in the security of these airports and disrupt the safety and proper functioning of civil aviation for all states,

Whereas such acts are of grave concern to the international community and, with the aim of preventing such acts, there is an urgent need to provide for appropriate measures for the punishment of their perpetrators,

Whereas it is necessary to adopt additional provisions to those of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 23 September 1971 ²With a view to dealing with such unlawful acts of violence at airports serving international civil aviation,

Agreed to the following provisions:

Art. I

This Protocol supplements the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 23 September 1971 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), and, between the Parties to this Protocol, the Convention and protocol will be considered and interpreted as a single instrument.

Art. II And III

... ¹

¹ The mod. Can be consulted at the OR 1990 1935.

Art. IV

This Protocol shall be open on 24 February 1988 in Montreal for the signature of the States participating in the International Conference on Air Law, held in Montréal from 9 to 24 February 1988. After 1 ^Er March 1988, it will be open for signature by all states in London, Moscow, Washington and Montreal until its entry into force in accordance with Article VI.

Art. V

This Protocol shall be subject to ratification by the signatory States.

2. Any State which is not a Contracting State to the Convention may ratify this Protocol if at the same time it ratifies the Convention, or accedes to the Convention, in accordance with Article 15 thereof.

3. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or of the Civil Aviation Organization Which are hereby designated as depositary.

Art. VI

1. When this Protocol has brought the ratifications of ten signatory States together, it shall enter into force between those States on the thirtieth day after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification. In respect of each State which subsequently ratifies it, it shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit of its instrument of ratification.

2. Upon entry into force, this Protocol shall be registered by the depositary in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations ¹ And article 83 of the Convention on the International Civil Aviation (Chicago, 1944) ²

¹ RS 0.120
² RS 0.748.0

Art. VII

1. After its entry into force, this Protocol shall be open for accession by any non-signatory State.

(2) Any State which is not a Contracting State to the Convention may accede to this Protocol if at the same time it ratifies the Convention, or accedes to the Convention, in accordance with Article 15 thereof.

The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the depositaries and the accession shall have effect on the thirtieth day after that deposit.

Art. VIII

1. Any Party to this Protocol may denounce it by means of a written notification addressed to the depositaries.

2. The denunciation shall have effect six months after the date on which the notification has been received by the depositary.

3. The denunciation of this Protocol shall not have the effect of a denunciation of the Convention itself.

The denunciation of the Convention by a Contracting State to the Convention supplemented by this Protocol shall also have the effect of denunciation of this Protocol.

Art. IX

Custodians shall promptly inform all States which have signed or acceded to this Protocol, as well as all States which have signed or acceded to the Convention:

(a): The date of each signature and the date of the deposit of each instrument of ratification of or accession to this Protocol;
(b): The receipt of any notification of denunciation of this Protocol and of the date of such receipt.

Custodians shall also notify the States referred to in paragraph 1 ^Er The date on which this Protocol entered into force in accordance with Article VI.

In witness whereof, The undersigned Plenipotentiaries, duly authorised, have signed this Protocol.

Done at Montréal, the twenty-fourth day of February of the year thousand nine hundred eighty-eight, in four originals, each in four authentic texts written in the French, English, Spanish and Russian languages.

(Suivent signatures)

Scope of application on 8 March 2016 ³


States Parties	Ratification Accession (A) Statement of Succession (S)		Entry into force


South Africa	21 September	1998 A	21 October	1998
Albania	29 April	2002 A	29 May	2002
Algeria	6 October	1995 A	5 November	1995
Germany	April 25	1994	25 May	1994
Andorra ^*	22 May	2006 A	21 June	2006
Angola	16 January	2008 A	February 15	2008
Antigua and Barbuda	July 12	2010 A	August 11	2010
Saudi Arabia	21 February	1989	August 6	1989
Argentina	12 February	1992	13 March	1992
Armenia	10 September	2002 A	10 October	2002
Australia	23 October	1990 A	22 November	1990
Austria	28 December	1989	27 January	1990
Azerbaijan	23 March	2000 A	22 April	2000
Bahrain	12 February	1996 A	13 March	1996
Bangladesh	27 June	2005 A	27 July	2005
Barbados	12 September	2002 A	12 October	2002
Belarus	1 ^Er May	1989	August 6	1989
Belgium	20 April	1999	20 May	1999
Bahamas	2 May	2008	1 ^Er June	2008
Belize	10 June	1998 A	10 July	1998
Benin	19 April	2004	19 May	2004
Bhutan	26 August	2005 A	September 25	2005
Bolivia	1 ^Er February	2002	3 March	2002
Bosnia and Herzegovina	August 15	1994 S	6 March	1992
Botswana	30 October	2000 A	29 November	2000
Brazil	9 May	1997	8 June	1997
Brunei	20 December	2000 A	19 January	2001
Bulgaria	26 March	1991	April 25	1991
Burkina Faso	8 December	1998 A	7 January	1999
Cambodia	8 November	1996 A	8 December	1996
Cameroon	13 March	2003	8 December	2003
Canada	2 August	1993	1 ^Er September	1993
Cape Verde	12 September	2002 A	12 October	2002
Chile	August 15	1989	September 14	1989
China ^*	March 5	1999	April 4	1999
Hong Kong	18 June	1997	1 ^Er July	1997
Macao	19 September	2002	19 September	2002
Cyprus	April 23	2002 A	23 May	2002
Colombia	14 January	2004 A	13 February	2004
Comoros	10 March	2008 A	April 9	2008
Congo (Brazzaville)	27 September	2013	27 October	2013
Korea (North)	19 July	1995	August 18	1995
Korea (South)	27 June	1990	27 July	1990
Costa Rica	22 April	2003	22 May	2003
Côte d' Ivoire	13 April	2012	13 May	2012
Croatia	12 June	1993 S	8 October	1991
Cuba	October 31	2001 A	30 November	2001
Denmark	23 November	1989	December 23	1989
Faroe Islands	27 September	1994	1 ^Er October	1994
Djibouti	11 June	2004 A	July 11	2004
Dominica	26 July	2005 A	August 25	2005
Egypt	July 25	2000	August 24	2000
El Salvador	April 8	1998	8 May	1998
United Arab Emirates	March 9	1989	August 6	1989
Ecuador	March 4	2004 A	3 April	2004
Spain	8 May	1991	7 June	1991
Estonia	22 December	1993 A	21 January	1994
United States	19 October	1994	18 November	1994
Ethiopia	15 December	1999	14 January	2000
Fiji	21 September	1992 A	21 October	1992
Finland	3 April	1998	3 May	1998
France ^*	September 6	1989	6 October	1989
Gabon	13 August	2003	12 September	2003
Gambia	June 16	2000 A	July 16	2000
Georgia	February 15	1999 A	March 17	1999
Ghana	July 15	1997	August 14	1997
Greece	April 25	1991	25 May	1991
Grenada	15 January	2002 A	February 14	2002
Guatemala	11 October	1994 A	10 November	1994
Guinea	1 ^Er October	1998 A	October 31	1998
Guinea-Bissau	17 October	2008 A	16 November	2008
Equatorial Guinea	14 January	2004 A	13 February	2004
Guyana	19 June	2004 A	19 July	2002
Honduras	20 January	2004 A	19 February	2004
Hungary	7 September	1988	August 6	1989
Cook Islands	April 14	2005 A	14 May	2005
Marshall Islands	30 May	1989	August 6	1989
India	22 March	1995 A	April 21	1995
Iran	February 14	2002 A	March 16	2002
Iraq	31 January	1990 A	2 March	1990
Ireland	26 July	1991	August 25	1991
Iceland	9 May	1990	8 June	1990
Israel	2 April	1993	2 May	1993
Italy	13 March	1990	12 April	1990
Jamaica	August 18	2005	September 17	2005
Japan	24 April	1998 A	24 May	1998
Jordan	18 September	1992	18 October	1992
Kazakhstan	18 May	1995 A	17 June	1995
Kenya	5 October	1995	4 November	1995
Kyrgyzstan	28 February	2000 A	March 29	2000
Kuwait	8 March	1989	August 6	1989
Laos	7 October	2002 A	6 November	2002
Lesotho	8 June	2010 A	July 8	2010
Latvia	13 April	1997 A	13 May	1997
Lebanon	27 May	1996	26 June	1996
Liberia	10 March	2003	April 9	2003
Libya	26 July	1996 A	August 25	1996
Liechtenstein	26 February	2001 A	28 March	2001
Lithuania	4 December	1996 A	3 January	1997
Luxembourg	14 November	2003	14 December	2003
Macedonia	4 January	1995 S	September 17	1991
Madagascar	30 March	1998	29 April	1998
Malaysia	8 September	2006	8 October	2006
Maldives	22 March	1999 A	April 21	1999
Mali	October 31	1990 A	30 November	1990
Malta	14 June	1991 A	July 14	1991
Morocco	February 15	2002	March 17	2002
Mauritius	August 17	1989	16 September	1989
Mauritania	July 8	2003 A	7 August	2003
Mexico	11 October	1990	10 November	1990
Micronesia	19 March	2003 A	18 April	2003
Moldova	20 June	1997 A	July 20	1997
Monaco	22 December	1993 A	21 January	1994
Mongolia	22 September	1999 A	22 October	1999
Montenegro	9 January	2007 S	3 June	2006
Mozambique	16 January	2003 A	February 15	2003
Myanmar	20 May	1996 A	21 June	1996
Namibia	4 November	2005 A	4 December	2005
Nauru	19 August	2005 A	18 September	2005
Nicaragua	April 23	2002 A	23 May	2002
Niger	December 23	2008	22 January	2009
Nigeria	25 March	2003 A	24 April	2003
Niue	September 30	2009 A	30 October	2009
Norway	29 May	1990	28 June	1990
New Zealand	2 August	1999	1 ^Er September	1999
Oman	27 November	1992 A	27 December	1992
Uganda	March 17	1994 A	April 16	1994
Uzbekistan	7 February	1994 A	March 9	1994
Pakistan	26 September	2000	26 October	2000
Palau	12 October	1995 A	11 November	1995
Panama	10 April	1996 A	10 May	1996
Papua New Guinea	July 11	2002 A	10 August	2002
Paraguay	July 23	2002 A	22 August	2002
Netherlands ^*	11 November	1111	11 November	1111
Aruba ^*	12 December	2005	12 December	2005
Caribbean (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) ^*	10 October	2010	10 October	2010
Peru	7 June	1989	August 6	1989
Philippines	17 December	2003	16 January	2004
Poland	August 12	2004	11 September	2004
Portugal	18 December	2001	17 January	2002
Qatar	17 June	2003 A	17 July	2003
Central African Republic	1 ^Er July	1991 A	July 31	1991
Czech Republic	25 March	1993 S	1 ^Er January	1993
Romania	3 September	1998	3 October	1998
United Kingdom ^*	15 November	1990	15 December	1990
Isle of Man	February 14	1997	February 14	1997
Russia	March 31	1989	August 6	1989
Rwanda	May 16	2002	15 June	2002
Saint Lucia	11 June	1990 A	July 11	1990
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3 September	2008 A	10 October	2008
San Marino	20 January	2015 A	20 February	2015
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29 November	1991	29 December	1991
Samoa	July 9	1998 A	8 August	1998
Sao Tome and Principe	8 May	2006 A	7 June	2006
Senegal	24 March	2003	24 March	2003
Serbia	September 6	2001 S	April 27	1992
Seychelles	21 May	2004 A	20 June	2004
Singapore	22 November	1996 A	22 December	1996
Slovakia	20 March	1995 S	1 ^Er January	1993
Slovenia	27 May	1992 S	25 June	1991
Sudan	15 May	2000	14 June	2000
Sri Lanka	February 11	1997	13 March	1997
Sweden	26 July	1990	August 25	1990
Switzerland	9 October	1990	8 November	1990
Suriname	March 27	2003 A	April 26	2003
Syria	18 July	2002 A	August 17	2002
Tajikistan	29 February	1996 A	30 June	1996
Tanzania	March 9	2004	April 8	2004
Thailand	14 May	1996 A	13 June	1996
Togo	February 9	1990	March 11	1990
Tonga	10 December	2002 A	9 January	2003
Trinidad and Tobago	3 April	2001 A	3 May	2001
Tunisia	7 June	1994 A	7 July	1994
Turkmenistan	25 May	1999 A	24 June	1999
Turkey	7 July	1989	August 6	1989
Ukraine	3 January	1990	2 February	1990
Uruguay	3 December	1998 A	2 January	1999
Vanuatu	9 November	2005 A	9 December	2005
Vietnam	August 25	1999 A	24 September	1999
Yemen	5 January	2007 A	4 February	2007

* Reservations and declarations. Reservations and declarations are not published in the RO. English texts can be found at the website of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): www.icao.int or obtained from the Directorate of International Public Law (DDIP), International Treaty Section, 3003 Bern.

RO 1990 1935; FF 1989 III 418

¹ RO 1990 1934
² RS 0.748.710.3
³ RO 1990 1939, 1991 2337, 2004 1627, 2005 1613 5003, 2006 2971, 2008 3979, 2010 3381, 2013 2727, 2016 989. A version of the updated scope of application is published on the DFAE website (www.dfae.admin.ch/traites).

Status on March 8, 2016