AIR LAW - Air Law Instruments
Since it was adopted at the Chicago
Conference of 1944, the Convention on International Civil Aviation (also known
as the Chicago Convention) has been accepted by 185 countries throughout the
world. The international community has also adopted a number of other legal
instruments relevant to the work of ICAO. This section reviews the status, as at
30 June 2000, of the
Chicago Acts (i.e. the Chicago Convention, amendments and related agreements)
and other relevant international air law instruments.
The first part of the status report
indicates the total number of parties that have ratified or otherwise accepted
each international air law instrument and, if applicable, the date the legal
instrument entered into force. The table on the following pages indicates the
current status of the instruments on a country-by-country basis.
|
Status |
|
Chicago Convention (1944)
Membership in ICAO 185 parties;
In force: 4.4.47 |
|
Article 93 bis (1947) Expulsion
or suspension
97 ratifications; In force:
20.3.61 |
|
Article 45 (1954) Seat of
Organization
124 ratifications; In force:
16.5.58 |
|
Articles 48(a),49(e) and 61
(1954)
Frequency of Assembly sessions
and budgets
128 ratifications; In force:
12.12.56 |
|
Article 48(a) (1962)
Extraordinary Assembly at request of one-fifth of Contracting States 103
ratifications;
In force; 11.9.75 |
|
Article 56
Increase of AHC to:•15 members
(1971)
120 ratifications; In force:
19.12.74
Increase of AHC to :• 19
members (1989) 80 ratifications;
Not in force:
108 ratifications required |
|
Article 50(a)
Increase of Council to: •27
members(1961)
122 ratifications; In force:
17.7.62
Increase of Council to: • 30
members (1971)
118 ratifications; In force:
16.1.73
Increase of Council to: • 33
members (1974)
114 ratifications; In force:
15.2.80
Increase of Council to: • 36
members (1990)
79 ratifications;
Not in force: 108 ratifications required |
|
Final Clause (1977) Referring
to authentic Russian text
99 ratifications; In force:
17.8.99 |
|
Article 83 bis (1980) Lease,
charter or interchange
118 ratifications; In force:
20.6.97 |
|
Article 3 bis (1984) Non-use of
weapons against civil aircraft
114 ratifications; In force;
1.10.98 |
|
Final Clause (1995)
Referring to the authentic
Arabic text
30 ratifications;
Not in force: 122
ratifications required |
|
Final Clause (1998) Referring
to the authentic Chinese text
13 ratifications;
Not in force: 124
ratifications required |
|
Protocol on authentic
trilingual text (1968)
143 parties; In force: 24.10.68 |
|
Protocol on authentic
quadrilingual text (1977)
68 parties; In force: 16.9.99 |
|
Protocol on authentic
quinquelingual text (1995)
46 parties;
Not in force: pending entry
into force of final clause |
|
Protocol on authentic
six-language text (1998)
29 parties;
Not in force:
pending entry into force of
final clause |
|
International Air Services
Transit
Agreement (1944)
Two freedoms of the air
118 parties; In force: 30.1.45 |
|
International Air Transport
Agreement (1944)
Five freedoms of the air
12 parties; In force: 8.2.45 |
|
Warsaw Convention (1929)
Rules for international carnage
by air
149 parties; In force: 13.2.33 |
|
Geneva Convention (1948)
Recognition of rights in
aircraft
85 parties; In force; 17.9.53 |
|
Rome Convention (1952)
Damage to third parties on
surface
45 parties; In force: 4.2.58 |
|
The Hague Protocol (1955)
Amending Warsaw Convention of
1929
131 parties; In force: 1.8.63 |
|
Guadalajara Convention (1961)
Supplementing Warsaw Convention
of l929
82 parties; In force: 1.5.64 |
|
Tokyo Convention (1963)
Offences and other acts
committed on board aircraft 170 parties;
In force: 4.12.69 |
|
The Hague Convention (1970)
Unlawful seizure of aircraft
173 parties; In force: 14.10.71 |
|
Guatemala Protocol (1971)
Amending Warsaw Convention of
1929 as
amended by The Hague Protocol
of 1955
7 ratifications; *
Not in force: 30 ratifications by signatory
States required, subject to certain conditions |
|
Montreal Convention (1971)
Unlawful acts against the
safety of civil aviation
174 parties; In force: 26.1.73 |
|
Additional Protocol No. 1(1975)
Amending Warsaw Convention of
1929
46 parties; In force: 15.2.96 |
|
Additional Protocol No. 2
(1975)
Amending Warsaw Convention of
1929 as
amended by The Hague Protocol
of 1955
48 parties; In force: 15.2.96 |
|
Additional Protocol No. 3
(1975)
Amending Warsaw Convention of
1929 as amended by The Hague Protocol of 1955 and Guatemala City Protocol of
1971
24ratifications;
Not in force:
30 ratifications by signatory
States required |
|
Montreal Protocol No. 4 (1975)
Amending Warsaw Convention of
1929
as amended by The Hague
Protocol of 1955
49 parties; In force: 14.6.98 |
|
Montreal Protocol (1978)
Amending Rome Convention of
1952
3 ratifications;
**Not
in force: 5
ratifications by signatory
States required |
|
Montreal Supplementary Protocol
(1988)2
Acts of violence at airports
102parties; In force: 6.8.89 |
|
Convention on the Marking of
Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection (1991)
60 parties; In force: 21.6.98 |
|
Montreal Convention (1999)
Rules for international carriage by air
3 ratifications;
Not in force; 30 ratifications required |
Note
1. The Government of the United States
is the depositary of the Chicago Contention, the International Air Services
Transit Agreement, the International Air Transport Agreement and the Protocols
relating to the Authentic Trilingual, Quadrilingual, Quinquelingual and Six.
Language Texts of the Chicago Convention ICAO is the depositary of the fifteen
Protocols of Amendment to the Chicago
Convention.
2. ICAO is the depositary of the Geneva,
Rome and Tokyo Conventions, the Montreal Protocol (or the amendment of the Rome
Convention, the Guatemala City Protocol, the Convention on the Marking of
Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection and the Montreal Convention
(1999) The Government of Poland is the depositary of the Warsaw Convention,
The Hague Protocol, Additional Protocols
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and Montreal Protocol No.4 and the Government of Mexico, the
depositary of the Guadalajara Convention. Depositaries of The Hague and Montreal
(1971) Conventions are the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United
States. These three governments, together with ICAO, are also the depositaries
of the Montreal Supplementary Protocol.
* In addition, live accessions have been
received which are reflected in the table on the following pages.
** In addition, three accessions have
been received
