Title: Piracy and armed robbery at sea
Description: This work describes the enforcement powers that states may use to repress piracy in the Gulf of Aden region. The piracy rules of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the legal safeguards applicable to maritime interception operations are scrutinized before the analysis turns to the prosecution of pirates.
Subjects: Piracy, Maritime law, middle east, Maritime law, Criminal provisions, Prevention
Places: Gulf of Aden, Somalia