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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME II

ARTICLE 9

1. When any of the acts mentioned in Article 1 (a) has

occurred or is about to occur, Contracting States shall

take all appropriate measures to restore control of the

aircraft to its lawful commander or to preserve his control

of the aircraft.

2. In the cases contemplated by the preceding paragraph

any

Contracting

State

in

which

the

aircraft

or

its

passengers

or

crew

are

present

shall

facilitate

the

continuation of the journey of the passengers and crew

as soon as practicable, and shall without delay return the

aircraft and its cargo to the persons lawfully entitled to

possession.

ARTICLE 10

1. Contracting States shall afford one another the greatest

measure

of

assistance

in

connection

with

criminal

proceedings brought in respect of the offence and other

acts

mentioned

in

Article

4.

The

law of the State

requested shall apply in all cases.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not

affect obligations under any other treaty, bilateral or

multilateral, which governs or will govern, in whole or in

part, mutual assistance in criminal matters.

ARTICLE 11

Each

Contracting State shall in accordance with its

national law report to the Council of the International Civil

Aviation Organization in its possession concerning:

a. the circumstances of the offence;

b. the action taken pursuant to Article;

c. the measures taken in relation to the offender or the

alleged offender and, in particular, the results of any

extradition proceeding or other legal proceedings.

ARTICLE 12

1. Any dispute between two or more Contracting States

concerning

the

interpretation

or

application

of

this

Convention which cannot be settled through negotiation,

shall, at the request of one of them, be submitted to

arbitration. If within six months from the date of the

request for arbitration the Parties are unable to agree on

the organization of the arbitration any of those Parties

may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice

by request in conformity with the Statute of the Court.

2. Each State may at the time of signature or ratification

of this Convention or accession thereto, declare that it

does

not

consider

itself

bound

by

the

preceding

paragraph. The other Contracting States shall not be

bound by the preceding paragraph with respect to any

Contracting State having made such a reservation.

3. Any Contracting State having made a reservation in

accordance with the preceding paragraph may at any

time withdraw this reservation by notification to the

Depositary Governments.

ARTICLE 13

1. This Convention shall be opened for signature at The

Hague on 16 December 1970, by States participating in

the International Conference on Air Law held at The

Hague from 1 to 16 December 1970 (hereafter referred to

as The Hague Conference). After 31 December 1970, the

Convention shall be open to all States for signature in

Moscow, London and Washington. Any State which does

not sign their Convention before its entry into force in

accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article may accede

to it at anytime.

2. This Convention shall be subject to ratification by the

signatory

States.

Instruments

of

ratification

and

instruments of accession shall be deposited with the

Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,

the

United

Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland, and the United States of America which are

hereby designated the Depositary Governments. cdasia

3. This Convention shall enter into force thirty days

following the date of the deposit of instruments of

ratification by ten States signatory to this Convention

which participated in The Hague Conference.

4. For other States, this Convention shall enter into force

on the date of entry into force of this Convention in

accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article, or thirty days

following the date of deposit of their instruments of

ratification or accession, whichever is later.

5. The Depositary Governments shall promptly inform all

signatory

and

acceding

States of the date of each

signature, the date of deposit of each instrument of

ratification or accession, the date of entry into force of

this Convention, and other notices.

6. As soon as this Convention comes into force, it shall be

registered by the Depositary Governments pursuant to

Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations and

pursuant to Article 83 of the Convention on International

Civil Aviation (Chicago, 1.44).

ARTICLE 14

1. Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention

by written notification to the Depositary Governments.

2. Denunciation shall take effect six months following the

date on which notification is received by the Depositary

Governments.

IN

WITNESS

WHEREOF,

the

undersigned

Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto by their

Governments, have signed this Convention.

DONE at The Hague, this sixteenth day of December, one

thousand nine hundred and seventy, in three originals,

each being drawn up in four authentic texts in the

English, French, Russian and Spanish languages.

(Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of

Aircraft, [December 16, 1970])

Convention on the Non-Applicability of

Statutory Limitations to War Crimes

and Crimes Against Humanity

November 26, 1968

CONVENTION ON THE NON-APPLICABILITY OF

STATUTORY LIMITATIONS TO WAR CRIMES AND

CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY *

PREAMBLE

The States Parties to the present Convention,

Recalling resolutions of the General Assembly of the

United Nations 3 (I) of 13 February 1946 and 170 (II) of 31

October 1947 on the extradition and punishment of war

criminals, resolution 95 (I) of 11 December 1946 affirming

the principles of international law recognized by the

Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Nürnberg,

and the judgement of the Tribunal, and resolutions 2184

(XXI) of 12 December 1966 and 2202 (XXI) of 16 December

1966

which

expressly

condemned as crimes against

humanity the violation of the economic and political

rights of the indigenous population on the one hand and

the policies of apartheid on the other,

Recalling resolutions of the Economic and Social Council

of the United Nations 1074 D (XXXIX) of 28 July 1965 and

1158 (XLI) of 5 August 1966 on the punishment of war

criminals and of persons who have committed crimes

against humanity,

Noting that none of the solemn declarations, instruments

or

conventions

relating

to

the

prosecution

and

punishment of war crimes and crimes against humanity

made provision for a period of limitation,

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