By Anna Petrig Ed—2010 sea piracy law selected

Authors: Chie Kojima

Publish Date: 2011/10/05

Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 243-

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Abstract

The dramatic increase of piracy and armed robbery against ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden in the last years highlighted the lack of national and regional legal frameworks for the punishment for these crimes in the region From the perspective of criminal lawyers the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 18162008 18462008 and 18512008 that authorized states to use military forces “within the territorial waters of Somalia” and “in Somalia” for the purpose of suppressing piracy and armed robbery against ships had little impact on the criminal prosecution of perpetrators While a number of western states cooperated in taking enforcement measures off the coast of Somalia for the suppression and deterrence of acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships they were reluctant to prosecute captured pirates in their domestic courts A number of captured pirates were therefore transferred to Somalia’s neighboring states for prosecution or otherwise

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