The Nuclear Terrorism Convention (formally, the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism) is a 2005 United Nations treaty designed to criminalize acts of nuclear terrorism and to promote police and judicial cooperation to prevent, investigate and punish those acts. As of October 2022, the convention has 115 signatories and 120 state parties, including the nuclear powers China, France, India, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.Ratifications
Most recently, Oman ratified the convention on 21 October 2022. The Convention covers a broad range of acts and possible targets, including

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s to commit such crimes or to participate in them, as an accomplice; stipulates that offenders shall be either extradited or prosecuted; encourages States to cooperate in preventing terrorist attacks by sharing information and assisting each other in connection with criminal investigations and extradition proceedings; and, deals with both crisis situations, assisting States to solve the situations and post-crisis situations by rendering nuclear material safe through the

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(IAEA).

Definition of the crime of nuclear terrorism

Article 2 of the convention defines the offence of Nuclear terrorism as follows: At the same time, article 4 expressly excludes the application of the convention to the use of nuclear devices during

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States parties

As of October 2022, 120 states are parties to the Convention.

Signatories which are not parties

The following states have signed, but not ratified, the Convention.

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