What IMO Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation 1988 (SUA Convention) requires
The SUA Convention 1988 criminalises unlawful acts against the safety of ships - including seizing control, destroying or endangering vessels, and committing violence against persons on board - and requires States to either extradite or prosecute offenders (aut dedere aut judicare). The 2005 Protocol significantly expanded the Convention to cover WMD transport and terrorist-linked maritime activity, and introduced a flag-State-consent boarding regime.
Pillar: Maritime & Shipping · Authority: International Maritime Organization (IMO) - adopted at Rome, 10 March 1988 · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVIII-10&chapter=18&clang=_en
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- {"source":"IMO Protocol of 2005 to the SUA Convention (SUA 2005 Protocol, in force 28 July 2010)","url":"https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVIII-10&chapter=18&clang=_en","relevant_sections":"Art 3bis (offense of transporting WMD or materials for WMD production), Art 3ter (offense of transporting persons suspected of terrorism), Art 8bis (flag-State-consent boarding regime: four-hour response window, safeguards for persons on board, return of vessel if no evidence found)"}
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