Legal Corner
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St. Anthony – Enrica Lexie Case
The Enrica Lexie is Italian flagged thus, in accordance with the U.N. Convention of Law of Seas (UNCLOS), Italy should try the two marines. However, India’s position is that under […]
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Law of the Sea
According to U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Robert Papp, Jr., the U.S. Coast Guard needs a comprehensive legal framework that addresses activities on, over, and under the world’s oceans to […]
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Prosecution Deal
The United Kingdom and Mauritius have signed an agreement that provides for suspected pirates caught by the British navy to be prosecuted on the Indian Ocean island. UK & MAURITIUS […]
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In Harm’s Way
More than half the crew members of the Maersk Alabama, a container ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009, are suing for nearly $50million claiming that their captain put […]
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Castaway Sues Cruise Line
A Panamanian fisherman who survived 28 days adrift in the Pacific and watched two companions die is suing the owners of a cruise ship that sailed past. Castaway sues Princess […]
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New Prison
A United Nations financed prison for Somali pirates has been opened in Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa. The facility, built to counter the flood of new arrivals overwhelming jails elsewhere in the […]
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Death Penalty Sought
According to the Associated Press, U.S. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for three Somali pirates accused murdering four Americans during the February 2011 hijacking of their sailing yacht the […]
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Pirate Transfer Agreement
European Union Ambassador to Tanzania: “Piracy is the current economic challenge in the region. Tanzania has an important role to play in supporting efforts made by other countries in fighting […]
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Caso Maro’
I giudici hanno chiesto al governo dell’Unione indiana e allo stato del Kerala di presentare una memoria. Nella petizione si definisce illegale la detenzione dei due fucilieri del reggimento San […]
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What is Piracy?
The trial of a Somali man U.S. authorities consider the highest-ranking pirate they have ever captured will begin this week in Virginia under a cloud of uncertainty about what the […]
