Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material

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international treaty multilateral treaty nuclear security instrument

The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material is an international treaty that establishes legally binding measures for the protection, secure transport, and prevention of theft or sabotage of nuclear material used for peaceful purposes.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ nuclear security instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy	International Atomic Energy Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure secure international transport of nuclear material ⓘ establish legally binding measures for the physical protection of nuclear material ⓘ prevent sabotage involving nuclear material ⓘ prevent theft of nuclear material ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	CPPNM NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuclear Material Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
amendedBy	Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material NERFINISHED ⓘ
amendmentAdoptedOn	2005-07-08 ⓘ
amendmentEnteredIntoForceOn	2016-05-08 ⓘ
amendmentExpandedScopeTo	physical protection of nuclear facilities and material in domestic use, storage and transport ⓘ
amendmentIntroduced	new offences related to nuclear smuggling and sabotage ⓘ
appliesTo	nuclear material used for peaceful purposes ⓘ
category	arms control and disarmament treaties ⓘ treaties concluded in 1979 ⓘ
concludedUnderAuspicesOf	International Atomic Energy Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	provisions on extradition ⓘ provisions on jurisdiction over offences involving nuclear material ⓘ provisions on mutual legal assistance ⓘ
definesOffences	attempts and participation in specified offences ⓘ demanding nuclear material by threat or use of force ⓘ embezzlement of nuclear material ⓘ theft of nuclear material ⓘ threats to use nuclear material to cause death or serious injury ⓘ
depositary	Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo	nuclear material used for military purposes ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1987-02-08 ⓘ
field	nuclear safety and security ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
openedForSignatureAt	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn	1979-03-03 ⓘ
relatedTo	IAEA nuclear security recommendations NERFINISHED ⓘ International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiresStatesTo	cooperate in the recovery and protection of stolen nuclear material ⓘ establish and maintain a physical protection regime for nuclear material ⓘ extradite or prosecute alleged offenders ⓘ make certain offences punishable under national law ⓘ share information to protect threatened nuclear material ⓘ
signedOnOccasionOf	International Atomic Energy Agency conference ⓘ
subjectOf	international nuclear law ⓘ nuclear security ⓘ physical protection of nuclear material ⓘ

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IAEA Nuclear Security Series → relatedTo → Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material