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Abstract: The safety of civil aviation has been endangered by unlawful acts committed by persons with varying motivations. Civil aviation is the very domain where the first attempts at addressing criminal acts of terrorism and counter terrorism were made. The paper gave a historical analysis of a number of legal instruments that have been adopted to eliminate safe haven for unlawful acts against civil aviation. The paper equally reveale that over the past years, civil aviation has suffered major terrorist attacks that have caused both economic and psychological impacts on the sector. Findings revealed that, airports in different parts of the world differ to a large extent in terms of measures put in place to mitigate potential assaults on the sector. The historical method of Research was engaged for this study, rather than the scientific method of inquiry. The paper concluded that, international legal actions to meet the threat of aerial piracy requires the cooperation of all states.
Keywords: International Civil Aviation, Aerial Piracy, Terrorism,, Tokyo Convention, Hague Convention, Montreal Convention