《国际航空安保公约》新发展下的劫持航空器罪

Definition of Crime of Skyjacking under the New Development of International Aviation Security Conventions

随着国际形势的风云变幻,国际社会争端层出不穷,恐怖活动日益猖獗。航空器因具有载客量大、易于造成重大国际影响等特性,而为犯罪分子所青睐。如何防范运用新技术、新手段实施的劫持航空器犯罪,加大对该犯罪的打击力度一直为国际社会所关注。《北京议定书》正是在这种背景下对传统《国际航空安保公约》的新发展,对于劫持航空器犯罪进行了修订和完善。我国刑法应顺应《国际航空安保公约》的发展作出应对,完善劫持航空器罪的刑事立法,对劫持航空器罪进行准确界定,从而更好地指导司法实践中对此类案件的审理。

Along with the changeable international situation and unceasing disputes from international communities,terrorist activities are increasingly rampant. As the aircrafts are characterized with high passenger capacities and easy creation of major international influence,etc,they are favored by criminal offenders. The international communities have always paied attention to how to prevent the crime of skyjacking implemented by new technology and means,and intensify striking force on this crime. Beijing Protocol revises and improves the new development of traditional International Aviation Security Conventions and crime of skyjacking under such background. China' criminal law shall response it by adaption of the development of International Aviation Security Conventions,improving the criminal legislation on crime of skyjacking and define the crime of skyjacking accurately,so as to better guide the hearing of such case in the judicial practice.