State Responsibility for Interferences with the Freedom of by Philipp Wendel

By Philipp Wendel

Conventions masking the legislations of the ocean comprise provisions on reimbursement for wrongful interferences with navigation, even though they're hardly utilized. This e-book analyses all correct reimbursement provisions and compares them to the overall legislations of country accountability. the writer discusses such matters because the accountability of overseas companies, legal responsibility for lawful behavior, and several other and joint legal responsibility in public overseas legislation.

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As far as it regards those acts of armed robbery that do not constitute piracy because either only one vessel is involved or because the criminals do not act for private, but for public purposes, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful 127 128 129 130 131 132 “Asian anti-piracy pact to come into force”, Lloyd’s List, 21 April 2006, p. 3; “Asian alliance to fight pirates goes ahead despite dissenters”, Lloyd’s List, 22 June 2006, p. 1. “Japan to fund Singapore anti-piracy center”, Big News Network, 5 September 2005.

1, lit. a and 5 SUA Convention). In October 2005, this convention was complemented by a protocol which allowed boardings of foreign vessels involved in such crimes under certain circumstances. This SUA Convention and its 2005 Protocol mainly target acts of terrorism, but they are also applicable to armed robbers who do not use a pirate vessel, but who take over a vessel as fake crew members or passengers. The scope of the SUA Convention shows that it is not easy to clearly distinguish between piracy and terrorism.

Int'l L. & Com. (2004), pp. , at 8-9. IMB, “Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships, 2002 Annual Report” (2003), at 24. “Turkey Charges Syrian in a Plot To Blow Up Israeli Cruise Ships”, New York Times, 12 August 2005, p. 10. The port of Antalya has since then established a sophisticated security regime. “Commercial focus restores confidence”, Lloyd’s List, 27 April 2006, p. 7. B. S. 142 Containers or even whole vessels could also be used as dirty bombs exploding in the middle of great cities or blocking important shipping routes.

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