Book contents
- Hostages and Human Rights
- Hostages and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Terrorist Hostage-Taking and the Anti-terrorism Conventions
- 3 Pirate Hostage-Taking and Counter-Piracy Measures
- 4 Jurisdiction in International Law and State Responsibility
- 5 International Human Rights Law and the Human Rights of Hostages
- 6 State Practice in Hostage Crises and Human Rights
- 7 Concluding Remarks
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Pirate Hostage-Taking and Counter-Piracy Measures
The Lack of a Victim’s Perspective in the Fight against Modern Piracy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 October 2021
- Hostages and Human Rights
- Hostages and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Terrorist Hostage-Taking and the Anti-terrorism Conventions
- 3 Pirate Hostage-Taking and Counter-Piracy Measures
- 4 Jurisdiction in International Law and State Responsibility
- 5 International Human Rights Law and the Human Rights of Hostages
- 6 State Practice in Hostage Crises and Human Rights
- 7 Concluding Remarks
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the nature of modern piracy and its impact on the human rights of seafarers taken hostage. By evaluating some of the key counter-piracy measures of the international community, this chapter shows that significant attention has been paid to the protection of the human rights of arrested pirates while the suffering of seafarers has been overlooked. This has been an inevitable outcome of the emphasis that states have been placing on criminal law enforcement measures. The use of force, arrest, detention and prosecution of pirate suspects entail risks of human rights violations, which the international community acknowledged and sought to prevent. This, however, has detracted attention from the need to protect the victims of piracy whose human rights continue to be marginalised.
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- Hostages and Human RightsTowards a Victim-Centred Approach, pp. 50 - 77Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021