Chicago Convention

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The Chicago Convention is the foundational international treaty that established the framework and governing body (ICAO) for modern civil aviation and the rules of airspace and air transport between states.

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Chicago Convention of 1944 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aviation treaty
founding document of ICAO
international treaty
multilateral treaty
abbreviation Convention on International Civil Aviation
surface form: ICAO Convention
annexesCover standards and recommended practices for international civil aviation
appliesTo contracting states of ICAO
articleCount 96
concludedAtConference Convention on International Civil Aviation
surface form: International Civil Aviation Conference (Chicago, 1944)
createdFrameworkFor international civil aviation
dateSigned 1944-12-07
definesPrinciple complete and exclusive sovereignty of each state over the airspace above its territory
depositary International Civil Aviation Organization
enteredIntoForce 1947-04-04
established International Civil Aviation Organization
establishesBody Air Navigation Commission
surface form: ICAO Air Navigation Commission

ICAO Assembly
ICAO Council
field air and space law
international law
hasAnnexes 19
headquartersLocationOfEstablishedBody Montreal
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
officialName Convention on International Civil Aviation
providesFor adoption of international standards and recommended practices
air accident investigation cooperation
certification of airworthiness
facilitation of international air navigation
freedoms of the air
registration of aircraft
rules of the air
regulates international air transport between states
use of airspace by civil aircraft
relatedTo Freedoms of the Air agreements
Paris Convention of 1919
replaced International Commission for Air Navigation framework
shortName Chicago Convention self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chicago Convention of 1944
signedAt Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago
signedInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
subjectMatter air navigation
air transport
airspace sovereignty
civil aviation

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Chicago Convention shortName Chicago Convention self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chicago Convention of 1944