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Piracy and Undersea Cables: An Overlooked Interpretation of UNCLOS?
06 Mar 2025 08:20 GMT
… Cables and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Scholars and previous blogs … issues for international regulation, including piracy. This led Harvard Law … to arrest and prosecute suspected pirates (UNCLOS Art 105). Second, it …
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Security threat mitigation at sea: The role of ship security officers in combating stowaways, others through strategic international cooperation
23 Mar 2025 23:07 GMT
… lack of law enforcement. Somali pirates hijacked ships for ransom, capturing … . The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) provides a legal foundation for prosecuting piracy, while …
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Let go of Unclos and we may never get freedom of navigation back
14 Feb 2025 16:46 GMT
… Article 90 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Ironically, much … pointed out, the Somali piracy crisis elicited a united … observing their obligations under Unclos, to which Yemen is … it no longer endorses Unclos as the single authoritative …
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A lifeline under threat: Why the Suez Canal’s security matters for the world
20 Mar 2025 21:21 GMT
… Suez Canal traffic.
Somali piracy
2005–2012
• Estimated … such as the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), provide a legal … conducts operations to deter piracy, protect shipping lanes, … approach has significantly reduced piracy incidents off the coast …
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Experts link $400m war risk premium to use of private security
19 Mar 2025 03:21 GMT
… to safeguard their ships against piracy.
Experts argued that the practice … Nigeria. Meanwhile, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the International Maritime … security solutions have helped curb piracy, they raise concerns about …
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Africa’s ocean of organised crime!
27 Feb 2025 11:49 GMT
… in Somali pirate attacks. A massive international counter-effort contained piracy in … is possible, as counter-piracy responses show. Piracy declined once national, regional … also evident in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the High Seas …
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Nigeria seeks specialised court to tackle piracy in Gulf of Guinea
06 Aug 2024 18:20 GMT
… to try maritime piracy cases. Piracy is regarded as … piracy remains a significant threat in the region.
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea … noted that piracy involves illegal acts …
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EU and NATO Collaborate on Baltic Sea Security
26 Feb 2025 00:58 GMT
… waters it is the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that rules supreme -- … the Baltic seabed.
Using anti-piracy laws could be another possibility … a leap of faith, as piracy normally is regarded as one …
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How To Protect The Baltic Sea From The Russian Shadow Fleet
25 Feb 2025 09:21 GMT
… waters it is the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that rules supreme -- … the Baltic seabed.
Using anti-piracy laws could be another possibility … a leap of faith, as piracy normally is regarded as one …
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Universal jurisdiction over pirates as ‘the enemy of all mankind’
09 Jul 2024 23:23 GMT
… piracy involving two Moros and 12 Dutch subjects.
“The days when pirates … , six decades before the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was signed in 1982 …