Abstract
The Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft—to give the treaty its official title—was drafted by a subcommittee of the Legal Committee of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in September/October 1969, considered by the Legal Committee itself in February/March 1970, signed at a diplomatic conference meeting at The Hague on 16th December 1970, and came into force on 14th October 1971 amongst those States that had ratified it. While the coming into being of the Hague Convention has been fairly expeditious, so far only 15 States (Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Gabon, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Mali, Niger, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, USSR) have accepted it. It is to be hoped that the United Kingdom, which took a leading part in developing this Convention, will do so before long, especially as the necessary legis-lation has already been passed—the Hijacking-Act which received the Royal Assent on 5th August 1971.
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