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The latest UN Secretary General situation report on piracy in Somalia is now before the UN Security Council. The report provides an overview and an update on the most relevant anti-piracy initi...
https://piracy-law.com/2013/11/04/international-anti-piracy-efforts-in-somalia-must-continue-unsg/
The surge of piracy in West Africa prompted some of the main stakeholders in the maritime industry to develop interim guidelines for the protection against piracy in the region. The guidelines, e...
https://piracy-law.com/2013/09/25/piracy-best-practices-adapt-to-west-africas-setting/
A guest post by David Hammond. For a background, see also our previous post on the publication of the 100 Series Rules. David Hammond is the Head of Maritime Practice at 9 Bedford Row Internati...
Yvonne Dutton, an Associate Professor of Law at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (not to mention a friend and colleague), has a law review article forthcoming in the Duke Jou...
https://piracy-law.com/2013/05/14/forthcoming-article-on-private-security/
After a lengthy incubation process, the 100 Series Rules have finally been released. Courtesy of the author, David Hammond, we have obtained a copy here. The 100 Series Rules are an internationa...
Cross-posted at international law girls. In my capacity as an independent academic, as well as a representative of the prominent non-governmental organization, the Public International Law and Po...
Global Policy Journal and the Greenwich Maritime Institute are hosting a seminar on contemporary maritime piracy. This is the theme of a special section published in the February 2013 issue of Gl...
We are pleased to welcome Milena Sterio as a contributing author to Communis Hostis Omnium. She is an Associate Professor at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, where she teaches international...
https://piracy-law.com/2013/02/16/piracy-declining-in-the-gulf-of-aden-rising-in-the-gulf-of-guinea/
The international conference “Counter Piracy – Rules for the Use of Force” will take place in London, UK on 8 February 2013. The event aims to bring together various stakeholders in the ant...
India’s Supreme Court has rejected a bid by the Italian government to transfer to Italy the case of two of its marines charged with the murder of two Indian fishermen. The judges said that th...