2010: Conference Proceedings
Conference Presentations

Piracy off the Horn of Africa

Published 2010-10-13

Keywords

  • piracy,
  • UNCLOS 1982,
  • public international law,
  • warships,
  • evidence,
  • UN Security Council Resolutions,
  • power of arrest
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Abstract

This paper contains the slides for McLaughlin's presentation about modern piracy. McLaughlin covers the legal framework (both international and domestic) applying to piracy, and the difficulties and questions surrounding prosecution of these pirates in either Australia or a third State.