Convention on International Civil Aviation Law and Legal Definition
The Convention on International Civil Aviation (“Convention”), also known as the Chicago Convention, established the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations charged with coordinating and regulating international air travel. The document was signed on December 7, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, by 52 signatory states. The Convention establishes rules of airspace, aircraft registration and safety, and details the rights of the signatories in relation to air travel. The Convention also exempts air fuels from tax. The Convention also states that every state has complete and exclusive sovereignty over airspace above its territory.
Legal Definition list
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Convention Oil
- Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean
- Convention Country [Adoption]
- Convention Center
- Convention on International Civil Aviation
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
- Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals
- Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
- Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collision at Sea 1972 [COLREGS]
