CHICAGO CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION (1944) — Rwanda law | Esheria

CHICAGO CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION (1944)

Each State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory.

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Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Instrument
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Status
In force
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Language
mul
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Each State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory. This provision defines a State’s territory for the Convention as its land areas and adjacent territorial waters under its sovereignty, suzerainty, protection, or mandate. This article says the Convention applies only to civil aircraft, not state aircraft, and sets limits on state aircraft overflying or landing in another State without authorization. Each contracting State must not use civil aviation for purposes that conflict with the Convention’s aims. Aircraft of other contracting States may enter, transit, and make non-traffic stops without prior permission, subject to the Convention and landing rights of the flown-over State.