PROTOCOL
FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF FIXED PLATFORMS LOCATED ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF
The States Parties to this Protocol,
Being parties to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation,
Recognizing that the reasons for which the Convention was elaborated also apply to fixed platforms located on the continental shelf,
Taking account of the provisions of that Convention,
Affirming that matters not regulated by this Protocol continue to be governed by the rules and principles of general international law,
Have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE 1
1. The provisions of articles 5 and 7 and of articles 10 to 16 of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (hereinafter referred to as" the Convention ") shall also apply mutatis mutandis to the offences set forth in article 2 of this Protocol where such offences are committed on board or against fixed platforms located on the continental shelf.
2. In cases where this Protocol does not apply pursuant to paragraph 1, it nevertheless applies when the offender or the alleged offender is found in the territory of a State Party other than the State in whose internal waters or territorial sea the fixed platform is located.
3. For the purposes of this Protocol, "fixed platform" means an artificial island, installation or structure permanently attached to the sea-bed for the purpose of exploration or exploitation of resources or for other economic purposes.
ARTICLE 2
1. Any person commits an offence if that person unlawfully and intentionally:
(a) seizes or exercises control over a fixed platform by force or threat thereof or any other
form of intimidation; or
(b) performs an act of violence against a person on board a fixed platform if that act is
likely to endanger its safety; or
(c) destroys a fixed platform or causes damage to it which is likely to endanger its
safety; or
(d) places or causes to be placed on a fixed platform, by any means whatsoever, a device or substance which is likely to destroy that fixed platform or likely to endanger its safety; or
(e) injures or kills any person in connection with the commission or the attempted
commission of any of the offences set forth in subparagraphs (a) to (d).
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2. Any person also commits an offence if that person:
(a) attempts to commit any of the offences set forth in paragraph 1; or
(b) abets the commission of any such offences perpetrated by any person or is otherwise
an accomplice of a person who commits such an offence; or
(c) threatens, with or without a condition, as is provided for under national law, aimed at compelling a physical or juridical person to do or refrain from doing any act, to commit any of the offences set forth in paragraph 1, subparagraphs (b) and (c), if that threat is likely to endanger the safety of the fixed platform.
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