Following retirement for the UK Royal Marines as a former frontline operator and then latterly as a naval barrister (Counsel), David Hammond was instructed by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Offi...
It is perhaps appropriate that our 100th Post at Communis Hostis Omnium should discuss the issue of a prosecution mechanism and the Jack Lang Report as this was the same topic of our first post i...
https://piracy-law.com/2012/09/28/post-100-developing-consensus-on-specialized-piracy-chambers/
Following a recent trial in the UAE resulting in the conviction of 10 pirates, the UAE has announced that it will host a training of Somali judges to buttress local, Somalia-based prosecutions. T...
https://piracy-law.com/2012/07/05/efforts-to-support-somalia-based-prosecutions-continue/
Reuters is reporting that Mauritius has inked a deal with the TFG, Somaliland and Puntland to start to transfer convicted pirates to Somali prisons, paving the way for prosecutions in Mauritius. ...
The much awaited London Conference on Somalia was finally held at Lancaster House, London on 23 February 2012. Fifty-five delegations attended the Conference, including the UK Prime Minister, Dav...
Criminal Justice for pirates has become a truly global affair, utilizing diverse state resources to funnel pirates through a limited number of regional states in East Africa back to their homelan...
https://piracy-law.com/2012/02/23/a-globalized-system-of-criminal-justice/
This is the second part of an earlier post discussing the UK Foreign Affairs Committee Report on piracy off the coast of Somalia. Regional and Local Prosecutions of Pirates (paras 74-110) The t...
The vulnerability of commercial ships to piracy and armed robbery at sea is caused in part by the weak capacity of East African navies and coast guards. The inability of the Kenyan police and th...
In his speech yesterday to the UN General Assembly, Tanzanian President Kikwete invited the assistance of the international community in combating piracy: The problems of piracy still lingers on ...
https://piracy-law.com/2011/09/23/tanzania-invites-un-help-with-piracy/
One of the goals of this blog has been to evaluate strategies for prosecuting Somali pirates. A major strategy by the international community has been to transfer pirates who are captured by EU...
https://piracy-law.com/2011/03/03/tanzania-%E2%80%93-a-case-study/