5.5 Hague Convention, 1970 (The Anti-Hijacking Convention)

The second pillar — the unlawful seizure's offence: the definition (the force-or-threat aboard against the person; the aircraft's "in flight" status: the doors-closed-to-opened formula); the jurisdiction's chain — the flag state + the landing state's mandatory jurisdiction (the aircraft's landing with the alleged offender aboard: the duty to take him into custody-and-judge-or- extradite); the aut dedere aut judicare — the extradite-or-prosecute principle's classic: the safe- haven's closure; the offence's extraditable-status (the inclusion in the existing treaties' faces); the political-offence debate's careful handling.