Updated: 24.11.2015
ICELAND
Participation in International Conventions and Co-operation against Terrorism
Legend: > = Party, * = not yet in force, E = Entry into force (date), R = Ratification (date), A =
Accession, S = Signature (date), U = Unsigned
Conventions and Protocols (41) – Ratified (24) – Not ratified (17)
(1) Universal Anti-Terrorism Conventions and Protocols (19)
>1963
>1970
>1971
>1973
>1979
>1980
>1988
>1988
>1988
>1991
>1997
>1999
2005
2005
2005
>2005
(Tokyo) Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board
Aircraft (ICAO) E 14.6.1970 (see also 2014 Protocol)
(Hague) Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (ICAO) A 29.6.1973 (see also
2010 Protocol).
(Montreal) Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of
Civil Aviation (ICAO) A 29.6.1973
(New York) Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against
Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents (UN) R 2.8.1977
(New York) Convention against the Taking of Hostages (UN) A 6.7.1981
(Vienna and New York) Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
(IAEA) E 18.7.2002 (see also 2005 Amendment)
(Montreal) Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports
Serving International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the (1971 Montreal)
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil
Aviation (ICAO) E 8.6.1990
(Rome) Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of
Maritime Navigation (SUA Convention) (IMO) E 26.8.2002 (see also 1988 and
2005 Protocols)
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms
Located on the Continental Shelf (IMO) E 26.8.2002 (to the 1988 Rome
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime
Navigation - SUA)
(Montreal) Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of
Detection (ICAO) E 23.7.2002
(New York) International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (UN)
R 15.4.2002
(New York) Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (UN) R
15.4.2002
(New York) Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (UN) S
16.9.2005 (D, F, N, S)
Protocol to the 1988 (Rome) Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts
against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (IMO) (N, S)
Protocol to the (1988) Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the
Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (IMO) (N, S)
*Amendment to the 1980 Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear
Material (IAEA) (D, F, N, S)
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2010
2010
2014
(Beijing) *Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International
Civil Aviation (ICAO) U
*Protocol Supplementary to the (1970 Hague) Convention for the Suppression of
Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (ICAO) U
*Protocol to Amend the (1963 Tokyo) Convention on Offences and Certain Other
Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (ICAO) U
(2) European Anti-Terrorism related Conventions and Protocols (18)
>1957
>1959
>1972
>1975
>1977
>1978
>1978
1983
>1990
2001
>2001
2003
2003
2005
2005
2010
2012
2015
European Convention on Extradition [ETS No. 24] E 18.9.1984 (see also 1975,
1978, 2010 and 2012 Protocols)
European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters [ETS No. 30] E
18.9.1984 (see also 1978 and 2001 Protocols)
European Convention on the Transfer of Proceedings in Criminal Matters [ETS No.
73] S 19.9.1989 (D, N, S)
Additional Protocol to the (1957) European Convention on Extradition [ETS No.
86] E 18.9.1984
European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism [ETS No. 90] E 12.10.1980
(see also 2003 Protocol)
Additional Protocol to the (1959) European Convention on Mutual Assistance in
Criminal Matters [ETS No. 99] E 18.9.1984
Second Additional Protocol to the (1957) European Convention on Extradition
[ETS No. 98] E 18.9.1984
European Convention on the Compensation of Victims of Violent Crimes [ETS No.
116] *(D, F, N, S)
Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from
Crime [ETS No. 141] E 8.11.2001
Second Additional Protocol to the (1959) European Convention on Mutual
Assistance in Criminal Matters [ETS No. 182] S 8.11.2001 (D, F, N, S)
Convention on Cybercrime [ETS No. 185] E 1.5.2007 (see also 2003 Protocol)
*Protocol amending the (1977) European Convention on the Suppression of
Terrorism [ETS No. 190] S 15.5.2003 (D, F, N)
Additional Protocol to the (2001) Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the
criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through
computer systems [ETS No. 189] S 9.10.2003 (D, F, N)
Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of
the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism [CETS No. 198] S
16.5.2005 (S)
Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism [CETS No. 196] S
16.5.2005 (D, F, N, S) (see also 2015 Protocol)
Third Additional Protocol to the (1957) European Convention on Extradition [CETS
No. 209] U
Fourth Additional Protocol to the (1957) European Convention on Extradition
[CETS No. 212] U
Additional Protocol to the (2005) Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention
of Terrorism [CETS No. 217] S 22.10.2015
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(3) Other Anti-Terrorism related Conventions and Protocols (4)
International
>2000 (New York) UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (UN) R 13.5.2000
2001 Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts
and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the (2000 New York) United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UN) S 15.11.2001 (D,
F, N, S)
Nordic
>2002 Agreement on health emergency preparedness and management (relevant in the
event of a terrorist attack against one or more of the Nordic countries
>2005 Agreement on a Nordic Arrest Warrant
(4) Bilateral Treaties
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Iceland has concluded a number of bilateral anti-terrorism treaties
Iceland has concluded a number of bilateral extradition treaties, including with
Australia, Bahamas, Canada, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, United States
(5) International Anti-Terrorism Co-operation
Iceland implements/supports/participates in:
United Nations (UN)
 2006 Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
 UN Security Council anti-terrorism resolutions, including UNSCR 1373 and 1540 (Act
on the Implementation of International Sanctions No. 93/2008)
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
 2012 International Standards on Combatting Money Laundering and the Financing of
Terrorism and Proliferation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
 2012 policy guidelines on counter-terrorism, implemented through an associated
Action Plan
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
 2012 Consolidated Framework for the Fight against Terrorism
European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA)
 2005 Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Group of Seven (G7) etc.
 Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT)
 Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI)
 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
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