Aviso n.º 206/2008, de 07 de Outubro de 2008
Aviso n.º 206/2008 Por ordem superior se torna público ter o Governo da Bélgica efectuado, junto do Secretário -Geral das Nações Unidas, em 17 de Maio de 2004, a ratificação da Conven- ção Internacional para a Eliminação do Financiamento do Terrorismo.
Notificação The Secretary -General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary, communicates the following: The above action was effected on 17 May 2004, with: As for article 14 of the Convention, the Government of Belgium makes the following reservation: 1 -- In exceptional circumstances, the Government of Belgium reserves the right to refuse extradition or mutual legal assistance in respect of any offence set forth in arti- cle 2 which it considers to be a political offence or as an offence connected with a political offence or as an offence inspired by political motives. 2 -- In cases where the preceding paragraph is appli- cable, Belgium recalls that it is bound by the general legal principle aut dedere aut judicare, pursuant to the rules governing the competence of its courts.
I -- Concerning article 2, paragraph 2 (a), of the Con- vention, the Government of Belgium declares the following: The following treaties are to be deemed not to be in- cluded in the annex: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Cri- mes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 December 1973; Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (Rome, 10 March 1988); Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (Rome, 10 March 1988); International Convention for the Suppression of Terro- rist Bombings, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 15 December 1997. II -- The Government of Belgium interprets paragraphs 1 and 3 of article 2 as follows: an offence in the sense of the Convention is committed by any person who provides or collects funds if by doing so he contributes, fully or partly, to the planning, preparation or commission of an offence as defined in article 2, paragraph 1 (a) and (b) of the Convention.
There is no requirement to prove that the funds provided or collected have been used precisely for a particular terrorist act, provided that they have contributed to the criminal activities of persons whose goal was to com- mit the acts set forth in article 2, paragraph...
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