Posted on 15 February 2012.
Somali Piracy: Legal and Policy Challenges Please join the Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, in collaboration with NGO Oceans Beyond Piracy, for an evening panel discussing the legal and policy implications of maritime piracy in Somalia and across the world’s oceans. Expert panelists [...]
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Posted on 23 August 2011. Tags: civil aviation, One Earth Future, piracy, Somali piracy, Somalia
Maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia continues to spiral into an increasingly threatening international crisis, with attacks in the Gulf of Aden increasing during the first half of 2011. While more states have been prosecuting pirates in their national courts during the last year, United Nations officials have indicated that as many as 90% [...]
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Posted on 11 July 2011. Tags: law of the sea, piracy, pirates, Somalia
Seafarers face increasing violence as they transit the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean, but they have limited legal protection or recourse from the crimes committed against them at sea. Since the resurgence of maritime piracy off the Horn of Africa in 2007, hundreds of vessels have been hijacked and thousands [...]
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