Causes of Maritime Piracy Off the Somali Coast; What Solutions Can the Regional or International Community Offer?

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Ongom Cwinya-ai
Keyword(s):  
International Community ◽  
Maritime Piracy ◽  
Somali Coast

Counter Piracy Armed Services, the Italian System and the Search for Clarity on the Use of Force at Sea

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgia Bevilacqua
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
International Community ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Maritime Piracy ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Security Personnel ◽  
Armed Services ◽  
Broad Consensus ◽  
Domestic Interests

There seems to be a broad consensus that maritime piracy is causing serious harm to life and property and to the safety of navigation. Nevertheless, it appears that the international community and affected States lack a coherent and coordinated approach to counter piracy. This article examines the increasingly emerging use of armed security services on board of civilian vessels. Italy, like other flag States fearing a significant threat to well-defined domestic interests, has begun to authorize the deployment of security personnel on national vessels navigating in international waters infested by pirates. However, according to the author, to avoid the consequent predictable escalation of violence at sea and the possible breach of human rights law applicable to suspected pirates, States are required to adopt proper legislative frameworks that duly regulate the actions of embarked armed services.

Who Will Prosecute Piracy in Africa?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Efthymios Papastavridis
Keyword(s):  
Academic Discourse ◽  
International Community ◽  
Overwhelming Majority ◽  
Universal Jurisdiction ◽  
Armed Robbery ◽  
National Courts ◽  
Somali Coast

The prosecution of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast has been at the centre of political and academic discourse since the initiation of the counter-piracy campaign. Notwithstanding the principle of universal jurisdiction which is widely seen as applicable to piracy, the overwhelming majority of the states involved in counter-piracy operations have proved reluctant to prosecute alleged pirates within their national courts. The international community seems to have selected the establishment of piracy prosecution centres in other states in the region, mainly Kenya, the Seychelles, Mauritius, and Tanzania, while at the same time it is making efforts to enhance prison capability within Somalia for the transfer of tried pirates. International prosecution does not fit the crime of piracy and armed robbery and in any event seems not to be an option for the international community. Nevertheless, there are many jurisdictional issues to be addressed in relation to the prosecution of piracy off Somalia, especially by third states.

scholarly journals How Costly is Modern Maritime Piracy to the International Community?

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 869-883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Bensassi ◽  
Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso
Keyword(s):  
International Community ◽  
Maritime Piracy

scholarly journals Maritime piracy as an international crime in the 21st century

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 96-107
Author(s):  
Imre Ágoston Pászka
Keyword(s):  
Annual Report ◽  
International Crime ◽  
Symptomatic Treatment ◽  
International Community ◽  
Gulf Of Guinea ◽  
Gulf Of Aden ◽  
Maritime Piracy ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
The Past ◽  
Restraining Force

Maritime piracy is an ancient crime which have still not disappeared and, since the mid 90s, we have been living a new golden age of piracy. According to the 2017 annual report of the International Maritime Bureau, 180 piratical incidents happened in that year. Although, piracy arised almost three decades ago, the international community only started dealing with it ten years ago on a dayto-day basis. That is why we can state that it became a ‘real’ international crime in this century. Piracy has always been linked with the Carribean – and it has turned up there again – but there are new hotspots, as well. In the past decade the region of the Gulf of Aden (and mainly the coast of Somalia) was the infamous one, despite the fact that the most reported attacks have been happening in Southeast Asia since the 90s. The Gulf of Guinea is also dangerous and the most violent piratical attacks happen there. Pirates endanger the most important sea trade line all over the world. Last year, according to the Oceans Beyond Piracy foundation, they caused more than $10 billion total cost for the economy in all endangered regions. And, of course, it threatens the lives of the seafarers, as well: according to this report, 19 of them were killed during the attacks. It is clear that the international community has to fight piracy. There are several joint patrols in all of the regions mentioned above, but as effective they can be, they are only symptomatic treatment of the problem. The states have to deal with the criminal accountability of pirates to create a real restraining force to prevent them from committing the crime again.

Leading through Chaos in a Neocolonial Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-42
Author(s):  
Laura Colket
Keyword(s):  
International Community ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Personal Stories ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Foreign Governments ◽  
The Government ◽  
Post Disaster

Academic and public discourses often oversimplify the complex historical, social, and discursive forces that have created the current realities in Haiti. These discourses ignore or distort the role that foreign governments and international agencies have played and continue to play in the creation of the Haitian state. They portray the Haitian government as singular and static, corrupt and incapable, and fail to acknowledge changes in leadership and the diversity of individuals who exist within the government. This “single story” about Haiti privileges the international community and overlooks the stories from Haitians who are working to rebuild and reimagine their own country. This article examines the personal stories of Haitians in order to better understand the nature of Haitian leadership in a neocolonial, post-disaster context.

Recommendations on a scientific journal website preparation to represent for Russian and international community

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
O.V. Kirillova ◽  
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N.G. Popova ◽  
A.V. Skalaban ◽  
M.M. Zeldina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Journal ◽  
International Community

Maritime Piracy in the Horn of Africa and its Security Implications on the Arab Region

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-331
Author(s):  
Yasser A. Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Horn Of Africa ◽  
Maritime Piracy ◽  
Arab Region

لقد ظَهرت القرصنة البحرية في منطقة القرن الإفريقي لتداعياتٍ إقليميةٍ ودوليةٍ ارتبطت بالظروف التي أملتها التغيرات التي حدثت في بعض دول المنطقة مثل: الصومال؛ وذلك يتطلّب ضرورة تعزيز فُرص مكافحة نشاطات القراصنة وتجفيف منابع مواردها المالية، بالإضافة إلى معاقبة القراصنة وتقديمهم إلى المحاكم من أجل القضاء على الظاهرة وتحقيق الأمن البحري وانسياب التجارة العالمية بكل سهولةٍ ويسرٍ.

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