Terrorist Financing Convention

Terrorist Financing Convention
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
Type	International criminal law
Drafted	9 December 1999
Signed	10 January 2000
Location	New York, United States
Effective	10 April 2002
Condition	22 Ratifications
Signatories	132
Parties	189
Depositary	United Nations Secretary-General
Languages	Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish

The Terrorist Financing Convention (formally, the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism) is a 1999 United Nations treaty designed to criminalize acts of financing acts of terrorism. The convention also seeks to promote police and judicial co-operation to prevent, investigate and punish the financing of such acts. As of October 2018, the treaty has been ratified by 188 states; in terms of universality, it is therefore one of the most successful anti-terrorism treaties in history.

^ First signed by Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Malta, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

[1] First signed by Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Malta, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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