Where there is a Geneva Convention
Contracting State that is not also a Contracting
State under the Convention, the Convention
Official Commentary states that the
Convention and Aircraft Protocol should
be applied where the law of a Convention
Contracting State is the applicable law for
purposes of that Geneva Convention priority
determination. Non-consensual rights or
interests under the Convention would be
included if there were such an application
For our discussion, perhaps the most important
aspect of the Geneva Convention is that it
did not expressly or clearly cover any NCRIs
other than the salvage and extraordinary and
indispensable expenses referenced above.