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Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea The Legal Framework for Counter-Piracy Operations in Somalia and the Gulf of Aden

Name: Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780199609529
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Author: Robin Geiss; Anna Terig
ISBN: 9780199609529

Edited by Robin Geiss · Anna Terig

Oxford University Press February 2011

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780199609529
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: February 2011
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

The first monograph to specifically and comprehesively deal with the legal regime pertaining to piracy underway in Somalia and the Gulf of Aden
Provides a sophisticated legal analysis of the complexities surrounding the counter-piracy operations in the region
Details the evolution of the international law relating to piracy and armed robbery at sea, placing the current operations in context

Since 2008 increasing pirate activities in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean have once again drawn the international community's attention to piracy and armed robbery at sea. States are resolved to repress these impediments to the free flow of trade and navigation. To this end a number of multinational counter-piracy missions have been deployed to the region.

This book describes the enforcement powers that States may rely upon in their quest to repress piracy in the larger Gulf of Aden region. The piracy rules of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the legal safeguards applicable to maritime interception operations are scrutinized before the analysis turns to the criminal prosecution of pirates and armed robbers at sea. The discussion includes so-called shiprider agreements, the transfers of alleged offenders to regional states, the jurisdictional bases for prosecuting pirates, and the feasibility of an international(ized) venue for their trial. In addressing a range of relevant issues, this book presents a detailed and comprehensive up-to-date analysis of the legal issues pertaining to the repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea and assesses whether the currently existing legal regime is still adequate to effectively counter piracy in the 21st century.

Readership: Scholars of the law of the seas, international criminal and humanitarian law, the use of force, and International Relations. Post-graduate students, practitioners and policymakers, government legal advisors, military legal advisors, and NGOs; International Human Rights lawyers.

Introduction

Part I: Current Efforts to Counter Piracy in Somalia and the Gulf of Aden

i: Piracy in the Gulf of Aden

ii: Efforts to Counter Piracy in the Gulf of Aden

iii: Conclusion

Part II: Historic Evolution of Legal Rules Relating to Piracy

i: Codification of Piracy Rules in the 20th Century

ii: Counter-Terrorism Rules Relevant for Violence against Ships and Persons on Board

iii: Regional Instruments

iv: Conclusion

Part III: Counter-Piracy Enforcement Powers and their Legal Constraints

i: Scope of Counter-Piracy Enforcement Powers

ii: Shiprider Agreements

iii: Legal Constraints on Counter-Piracy Enforcement Powers

Part IV: The Criminal Prosecution of Pirates and Armed Robbers at Sea

i: Adjucative Jurisdiction over Pirates and Armed Robbers at Sea

ii: Possible Venues for the Criminal Prosecution of Piracy Suspects

iii: Transfers of Piracy Suspects

iv: Right to Liberty

v: Conclusion;

About the Author

Robin Geiss, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Potsdam, Germany, and Anna Petrig, Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany

Robin Geiss is Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Potsdam, Germany. Formerly he worked as a legal adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva

Anna Petrig, is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg (Germany), where she is in charge of the Sea Piracy Project. She is admitted to the Bar of New York (USA) and of the Canton of Berne (Switzerland).

Reviews

"This book shines a powerful light on that regime and describes the plethora of conventions, agreements, United Nations resolutions, juridictional rules, and legal principles that apply to different aspects of anti-piracy operations...This book is a welcome contribution to the discussion of what is becoming a very troublesome and very urgent problem which the world can only ignore at its peril" - The Commonwealth Lawyer

"...an excellent primer for anybody who wishes to learn the subject...fully of excellent analysis,,,covers material that is essential for an understanding and background of Somali piracy." - The Journal of International Maritime Law.

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