L'Organisation maritime internationale et la piraterie ou le vol à main armée en mer : le cas de la Somalie

In: Annuaire français de droit international, Band 54, Heft 1, S. 77-117

Abstract

The age-old and recurrent scourge of piracy seems to be undergoing a transformation in the context of attacks off the coast of Somalia. The international community, confronted with major disruptions to maritime transport, is mobilizing in a quite remarkable way within the particularly tangled web of political, economic, legal and military concerns. This paper describes the overall legal framework laid down by the International Maritime Organization, a specialized United Nations agency, to combat this form of crime and the regional strategy currently being developed on the model of the Malacca Strait precedent.