Convention for the Suppression of Unlaw­ful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (Montreal Convention-1971)

This Convention is concerned with unlawful acts other than those relating to the seizure of aircraft. The treaty defines a variety of acts deemed to constitute prohibited acts and makes those acts punishable by severe penalties. By a supplemen­tary Protocol in Montreal in 1988, the enumera­tion of prohibited acts was expanded to include specific acts committed at airports serving inter­national civil aviation.

Plastic Explosives Convention (Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection-1991)

The aim of this Convention is the prevention of unlawful acts involving the use of plastic explo­sives. Signatory nations are required to adopt measures to ensure the marking of plastic explo­sives that will assist in detecting such explosives. Specifically, the manufacture of plastic explo­sives is to be regulated to prevent the distribution of unmarked explosives, to provide for control of

the transfer of marked explosives, and for their destruction under time limitations. The Conven­tion contains specific descriptions of the con­cerned explosives, the detection agents to be used in marking them, and it creates an International Explosives Technical Commission to keep track of developments in the manufacture, marking, and detection of the explosives.

The Cape Town Convention on international Interests in Mobile Equipment and Related Aircraft Protocol-2001

This treaty relates to the financial transactions involving certain aircraft, airframes, engines, and helicopters and provides for a registration sys­tem that tracks ownership and security interests in such mobile equipment on an international basis. The FAA registry is concerned with United States aircraft and registry, while the Cape Town Convention and the International Registry it cre­ated effectively deal with the problems related to the international movement, sale, leasing, and recordation of such interests. The law created by these international instruments coexists with the law of the United States regarding these interests.

Beijing Convention-2010 (Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International Civil Aviation)