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Deeply concerned about the worldwide escalation of acts of terrorism in all its
forms and manifestations,
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Recalling the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism
annexed to General Assembly resolution 49/60 of 9 December 1994, in which, inter
alia, the States Members of the United Nations solemnly reaffirm their unequivocal
condemnation of all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal and
unjustifiable, wherever and by whomever committed, including those which
jeopardize the friendly relations among States and peoples and threaten the
territorial integrity and security of States,
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Recalling also that, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 51/210, an ad hoc
committee was established to elaborate, inter alia, an international convention for
the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism to supplement related existing
international instruments,
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Noting that acts of nuclear terrorism may result in the gravest consequences
and may pose a threat to international peace and security,
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Being convinced of the urgent need to enhance international cooperation
between States in devising and adopting effective and practical measures for the
prevention of such acts of terrorism and for the prosecution and punishment of their
perpetrators,
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Noting that the activities of military forces of States are governed by rules of
international law outside of the framework of this Convention and that the exclusion
of certain actions from the coverage of this Convention does not condone or make
lawful otherwise unlawful acts, or preclude prosecution under other laws,
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... (iii) With the intent to compel a natural or legal person, an international
organization or a State to do or refrain from doing an act.
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... 3. The provisions of paragraph 2 of the present article shall not be interpreted as
condoning or making lawful otherwise unlawful acts, or precluding prosecution
under other laws. ...
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Each State Party shall adopt such measures as may be necessary, including,
where appropriate, domestic legislation, to ensure that criminal acts within the
scope of this Convention, in particular where they are intended or calculated to
provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular
persons, are under no circumstances justifiable by considerations of a political,
philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other similar nature and are
punished by penalties consistent with their grave nature.
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... (d) The offence is committed in an attempt to compel that State to do or
abstain from doing any act; or ...
... 3. Unless the State Party from which a person is to be transferred in accordance
with the present article so agrees, that person, whatever his or her nationality, shall
not be prosecuted or detained or subjected to any other restriction of his or her
personal liberty in the territory of the State to which that person is transferred in
respect of acts or convictions anterior to his or her departure from the territory of
the State from which such person was transferred.
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