While I have never heard the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea referred to as "LOST", FOX reports that the Senate may finally ratify the treaty, nearly 30 years after it was finalized.In the past, some Senator from the South always stopped
Somalia
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EU “War on Piracy”
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Kenya to Open New Camp for Somali Refugees
Lisa Schlein writes for Voice of America:The UN refugee agency says the Kenyan government has agreed to allocate land to accommodate the increasing numbers of Somali refugees who are fleeing to Kenya to escape the escalating conflict in their country.…
Nine Nations Pledge Cooperation in Fighting Pirates
From the United Nations:Indian Ocean and Red Sea countries have pledged to cooperate in seizing, investigating and prosecuting pirates off the coast of war-ravaged Somalia in a stepped-up campaign to curb a scourge that has wrought havoc with international shipping,…
Somalia
The new president of Somalia is expected to take office on January 31, 2009, appoint a prime minister, and form a government of national unity, to help bring stability to a country that has not had a functioning central government…
Upcoming Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Cases
There are a couple of interesting cases involving interpretations of the Foriegn Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. sec. 1605, working their way through U.S. Courts. Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted cert in Republic of Iraq v.…
Somali Pirates – Germans Face Endgame Problem
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Universal Jurisdiction over Pirates
It used to be that when I taught the 1980 Filartiga v. Pena-Irala case on torture and came to the reference to piracy from United States v. Smith (1820), it all seemed like ancient history to my students. However, the…
Somali Pirates – Laws of the United States
In dealing with Somali pirates, from a U.S. law perspective, the pirates can be prosecuted in American courts. The SUA Treaty is a start. In the wake of the Achille Lauro murders, many countries signed and ratified the Suppression of…
Somali Pirates – More on the Legal and Policy Issues Involved
On Somali pirates, my perspective. It seems there are two practical options: first, identify a neighboring state that has the capacity and political will to try and imprison suspected pirates; or second, obtain the shipping nations agreement that they will…