Beijing Convention on criminal air law – genesis, substance and recommendations

Abstract

The paper deals with criminal air law and its current reform. First, the author summarises the present state of international criminal air law. This includes a review of its general characteristics and of the key provisions of relevant conventions, and their incorporation in national laws. Next, certain drawbacks of regulations regarded to be the prerequisites for the reform are presented. This is followed by a description of the innovative solutions of the acts adopted at the international conference in Beijing in 2010 (i.e. the Beijing Convention and the Beijing Protocol), currently awaiting their entry into force and ratification in Poland. In conclusion, the author makes his own recommendations and remarks regarding the implementation of these acts in Poland and indicates some optional solutions and possible amendments the national criminal law.