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Remarks by Douglas Guilfoyle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Douglas Guilfoyle*
Affiliation:
University College London

Abstract

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Type
Transnational Piracy: To Pay or to Prosecute?
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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References

1 See. e.g., Pirate Attacks off Somalia Already Surpass 2008 Figures, ICC Com. Crime Servs. (May 12, 2009), http://www.icc-ccs.org/news/.

2 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, opened for signature Dec. 10, 1982, 1833 U.N.T.S. 397, available at http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm.

3 Code of Conduct Concerning the Repression of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, reprinted in Lowe, A.V. & Talmon, S.A.G., The Legal Order of the Oceans: Basic Documents on the Law of the Sea 896 (2009)Google Scholar.

4 Guilfoyle, Douglas, Counter-Piracy Law Enforcement and Human Rights, 59 Int’l & Comp. L.Q. 14548 (2010)Google Scholar. U.N. Secretary-General, Rep. of the Secretary-General on Possible Options to Further the Aim of Prosecuting and Imprisoning Persons Responsible for Acts of Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea off the Coast of Somalia, U.N. Doc. S/2010/394 (July 26, 2010).

6 Lang, Jack, Rep. of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Legal Issues Related to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, U.N. Doc. S/2011/30 (Jan. 25, 2011)Google Scholar.

7 See, e.g., Medvedyev v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R., App. No. 3394/03, Judgment of July 10, 2008, and Grand Chamber Judgment of March 29, 2010, available at http://www.echr.coe.int/.

8 Roach, Ashley, Countering Piracy off Somalia: International Law and International Institutions, 104 Am. J. Int’l L. 40609 (2010)Google Scholar; Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, Mar. 10,1988, S. Treaty Doc. No. 101-1 (1989), 1678 U.N.T.S. 222; International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages, Dec. 17, 1979, T.I.A.S. No. 11,081, 1316 U.N.T.S. 205.

9 See Chairman’s Conclusions, Fourth Meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, Working Group 2 on Legal Issues, Copenhagen (Nov. 26-27, 2009), available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/documents/Wg2-4th_Meeting_chair-conclusions-November_26-27-2009-mtg.pdf.