International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (Nuclear Terrorism Convention or ICSANT)
Ongoing

The Nuclear Terrorism Convention's main objective relates to the criminalisation of a number of nuclear and radioactive material related offences, the establishment of jurisdiction over these offences and the co-operation among states parties, with the United Nations and with the International Atomic Energy Agency in specified matters.

  • Adopted: 13 April 2005
  • Opened for signature: 14 September 2005
  • Entered into force: 7 July 2007
  • Parties: 123 (see table below)

The text of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention is available here.

More information, including the current status of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention, is available here.

The following articles related to the Nuclear Terrorism Convention were published in the Nuclear Law Bulletin and Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law:

 

Parties to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
(Nuclear Terrorism Convention or ICSANT)
Afghanistan China* Guinea-Bissau Luxembourg Palestinian Authority Sri Lanka
Albania Comoros Hungary* Madagascar Panama Sweden*
Algeria Congo India* Malawi Paraguay Switzerland*
Antigua and Barbuda Costa Rica Indonesia Mali Peru Tajikistan
Argentina* Côte d'Ivoire Iraq Malta Poland Thailand
Armenia* Croatia Italy Mauritania Portugal Tunisia
Australia Cuba Jamaica Mexico* Qatar Türkiye
Austria Cyprus Japan* Moldova Romania* Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan Czechia* Jordan Mongolia Russia* Ukraine*
Bahrain Democratic Republic of the Congo Kazakhstan Montenegro Saint Kitts and Nevis United Arab Emirates*
Bangladesh Denmark Kenya Morocco Saint Lucia United Kingdom*
Belarus* Djibouti Kiribati Namibia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines United States
Belgium* Dominican Republic Korea* Nauru San Marino Uruguay
Benin El Salvador Kuwait Netherlands* Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina Fiji Kyrgyzstan New Zealand Serbia Viet Nam
Botswana Finland* Latvia Nicaragua Singapore Yemen
Brazil* France* Lebanon Niger Slovak Republic* Zambia
Burundi Gabon Lesotho Nigeria Slovenia* Zimbabwe
Canada* Georgia Libya North Macedonia Solomon Islands  
Central African Republic Germany Liechtenstein Norway South Africa*  
Chile Guatemala Lithuania Oman Spain*  
* Country with at least one nuclear power plant in operation.