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{{Infobox treaty
| name                = Hague Hijacking Convention
| long_name           = Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft
| image               = 
| image_width         =
| caption             =
| type                = Aviation, [[international criminal law]], anti-terrorism
| date_drafted        = 16 December 1970
| date_signed         = 16 December 1970
| location_signed     = [[The Hague]], Netherlands
| date_sealed         =
| date_effective      = 14 October 1971
| condition_effective = 10 ratifications
| date_expiration     =
| signatories         = 75
| parties             = 185
| depositor           = Governments of the United Kingdom, United States, and Russia (originally the [[Soviet Union]])
| language            =
| languages           = English, French, Russian and Spanish
| website             =
| wikisource          =
}}
The '''Hague Hijacking Convention''' (formally the '''Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft''') is a [[multilateral treaty]] by which states agree to prohibit and punish [[aircraft hijacking]]. The convention does not apply to customs, law enforcement or military aircraft, thus it applies exclusively to civilian aircraft. The convention only addresses situations in which an aircraft takes off or lands in a place different from its country of registration. The convention sets out the principle of ''[[aut dedere aut judicare]]''—that a party to the treaty must prosecute an aircraft hijacker if no other state requests his or her [[extradition]] for prosecution of the same crime.

==Creation and entry into force==
The convention was adopted by the International Conference on Air Law at [[The Hague]] on 16 December 1970. It came into force on 14 October 1971 after it had been ratified by 10 states. As of 2013, the convention has 185 state parties.

==State parties==
The convention has 185 state parties, which includes 183 [[Member states of the United Nations|UN members]] plus the [[Cook Islands]] and [[Niue]]. The 10 UN member states that are ''not'' parties to the treaty are:
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*{{flagu|Burundi}}
*{{flagu|East Timor}}
*{{flagu|Eritrea}}
*{{flagu|Kiribati}}
*{{flagu|Federated States of Micronesia}}
*{{flagu|San Marino}}
*{{flagu|Solomon Islands}}
*{{flagu|Somalia}}
*{{flagu|South Sudan}}
*{{flagu|Tuvalu}}
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Of these 10 states, the convention has been signed but not ratified by Burundi.

===Former state parties and successions===
Former state parties that were not formally succeeded by any existing state include [[Czechoslovakia]], [[East Germany]], [[South Vietnam]], and [[Yugoslavia]]. A number of states ratified but have since been succeeded by new states: [[Serbia]] ratified as the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]; Russia ratified as the [[Soviet Union]]; [[Belarus]] ratified as the [[Byelorussian SSR]]; and [[Ukraine]] ratified as the [[Ukrainian SSR]]. Prior to the unification of [[Yemen]], both [[North Yemen|North]] and [[South Yemen]] had ratified the convention. The [[Republic of China]] signed and ratified the agreement; in 1980, the People's Republic of China approved the treaty with a statement that it declared the Republic of China's actions with respect to the convention "null and void".

==2010 Protocol==
In 2010 in Beijing, the Protocol Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft was adopted. The Protocol makes amendments and additions to the original convention. As of the end of October 2016, the Protocol has been ratified by 17 states. It will come into effect once it has been ratified by 22 states.

==See also==
*[[Beijing Convention]]
*[[Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation]]
*[[LOT Flight 165 hijacking#Trial]]

==External links==
*[http://treaties.un.org/doc/db/Terrorism/Conv2-english.pdf Text].
*[http://www.icao.int/secretariat/legal/List%20of%20Parties/Hague_EN.pdf Ratifications].
*[http://cil.nus.edu.sg/rp/il/pdf/2010%20Protocol%20Supplementary%20to%201970%20Hague%20Convention-pdf.pdf 2010 Protocol].
*[http://www.icao.int/secretariat/legal/List%20of%20Parties/Beijing_Prot_EN.pdf 2010 Protocol ratifications].

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