| Title: |
International Convention against the Taking of Hostages |
| Alternative Title(s): |
Hostages Convention |
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| Available From: |
http://treaties.un.org/doc/db/Terrorism/english-18-5.pdf |
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http://treaties.un.org/Pages/DB.aspx?path=DB/studies/page2_en.xml&menu=MTDSG |
| Conclusion Date: |
1979-12-17 |
| Entry Into Force Date: |
1983-06-03 |
| Description: |
The Hostages Convention provides that "any person who seizes or detains and threatens to kill, to injure or to continue to detain another person . . . in order to compel a third party, namely, a State, an international intergovernmental organization, a natural or juridical person, or a group of persons, to do or abstain from doing any act as an explicit or implicit condition for the release of the hostage commits the offence of taking of hostages . . . ." (Art. 1.) |
| Legal Citation: |
GA res. 34/146 (XXXIV), 34 UN GAOR Supp. (No. 46) at 245, UN Doc. A/34/46 (1979); 1316 UNTS 205; TIAS No. 11081; 18 ILM 1456 (1979); |
| EISIL Categories: |
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Terrorism
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| Keywords: |
terrorism |
| Language(s): |
Arabic
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English
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| Document Creator: |
United Nations General Assembly |
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| Site Administrator: |
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) |
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