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Terrorist Bombings Convention

Terrorist Bombings Convention

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The Terrorist Bombings Convention (formally the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) is a 1997 United Nations treaty designed to criminalize terrorist bombings.

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The convention describes terrorist bombings as the unlawful and intentional use of explosives in public places with intention to kill, to injure, or to cause extensive destruction to compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing some act.

The convention also seeks to promote police and judicial co-operation to prevent, investigate and punish those acts.

As of September 2018, the convention has been ratified by 170 states.[2]

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  1. [1]
    First signed by Belgium, Canada, France, Russia, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
  2. [2]
    Ratifications Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine.

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