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P. 1Concept Paper on Piracy Prosecution InitiativesConcept Paper on Piracy Prosecution InitiativesRatings: (0)|Views: 49|Likes: 0Published by scholarsassistMore info:Published by: scholarsassist on May 23, 2012Copyright:Attribution Non-commercialAvailability:Read on Scribd mobile: iPhone, iPad and Android.download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from ScribdFlag for inappropriate content|Add to collectionSee moreSee lesshttps://www.scribd.com/doc/94501354/Concept-Paper-on-Piracy-Prosecution-Initiatives05/23/2012pdftextoriginal CONCEPT PAPER ON PIRACY PROSECUTION INITIATIVES, PROBLEMS ANDSOLUTIONS BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYWRITTEN BYAHMAD RAWIThe writer can be contacted at
1.INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................1
Format and scope of the concept paper ...........................................................................12.LITERATURE REVIEW ON THE JURISDICTION OF STATETO TRY CRIME OF PIRACY..........................................................................................1
Definition of Piracy Under Customary International Law
Definition of Piracy under UNCLOS and According to IMO................................................
Definition of Piracy Under Municipal Law.........................................................................
Jurisdiction to Prosecute The Crime of Piracy Under International Law...............................
Jurisdiction to Prosecute The Crime of Piracy Under Municipal Law
.....................................83.LITERATURE REVIEW ON THE LACUNAE INPIRACY PROSECUTION...............................................................................................10
Absence of Concrete Legal Framework Concerning Piracyat International and States level .........................................................................................11
The cost involved in bringing the perpetrator to justice
The lack of political will of the international community
....................................................194.THE UNITED NATIONS ROLE IN OVERCOMING THE PROBLEMOF UNDER-PROSECUTION OF PIRACY.....................................................................215.CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................236.REFERENCE.......................................................................................................................24
Format and Scope of This Concept Paper This concept paper will deal with the issue of prosecution of piracy occuring beyond territorialwaters of states or more familiarly known as piracy jure gentium,in particular the apparent lack of it. Toward this end,this concept paper will be divided into three parts literature reviews. In the first part, this paper will review literature on jurisdiction of states to try the crime of piracy juregentium,keeping in mind that in many jurisdictions there are two types of piracy i.e. piracy juregentium and the offence of piracy as laid down by municipal (state) law. In the second part, this paper identifies the problem and lacunae in the current situation with regard to the issue of piracy jure gentium prosecution. Finally in the third part, this paper will review literature on the specificrecommendation to fill in this lacunae, in particular the role undertaken by the United Nationsthrough the Security Council.
II.LITERATURE REVIEW ON THE JURISDICTION OF STATE TO TRY CRIMEOF PIRACY
Background In order to appreciate the issue at hand, a survey of the definition of piracy as found in variousliterature and statutes has been conducted for the purpose of this paper and the result reveals a lack of coherent conceptual framework of what piracy is.According to Oxford Dictionaries, piracy is the practice of robbing ships at sea and etymologicallyis imported into the corpus of English words via Medieval Latin from the Greek word
pirateia
.DeSouza (2002,p.3) has carried out a lengthy discourse on the etymology of the term piracy.According to De Souza the English word piracy has its earliest origin in the Greek word for bandit. The Ancient Greek has two common words that can be translated as pirate,
which in turn originate from the Indo-3
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