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International

Mar. 11, 2011

Challenges in Combating Somali Piracy

With dozens of ships seized off Somalia, thousands of sailors held hostage and countless dollars paid in ransom, where are the prosecutions? By David Glazier of Loyola Law School.


The tragic deaths of four Americans at the hands of Somali pirates last month focused renewed attention on the legal and practical challenges of combating this scourge. Commentators routinely cite the historic maxim that pirates are hostis humani generis ("the enemy of all mankind") and piracy was the first offense subject to universal jurisdiction, meaning that international law allows any nation having custody to try pirates regardless of their nationali...

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