Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation

The Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation ( engl. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, short SUA) is a convention within the jurisdiction of the International Maritime Organization, with which the signatory States undertook, to prohibit any conduct which may threaten the safety of maritime navigation, and punish.

Content

The Convention is based on the 1971 Convention for the Suppression closed Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft and criminalize similar conduct in connection with the maritime world.

The Convention criminalized the following behavior:

The Convention establishes the principle of aut dedere aut judicare (Latin for: pursue or deliver from ) firmly. A State as a party to the agreement must be either

• Pursue a person who commits any of the offenses or
• Make at the request of another State extradition for prosecution of these crimes.

Decision-making and entry into force

The Convention was adopted by the International Conference on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation in Rome on 10 March 1988. It entered into force, the Convention on 1 March 1992, after it has been ratified by 15 States.

Parties

Since 2013, the Convention has 161 States Parties, of which 159 UN member states and the Cook Islands and Niue. The 161 States represent 94.7 percent of the gross tonnage of the world merchant fleet.