International Cooperation on the Repression of Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea under the UNCLOS

• Author: Yurika Ishii
• Pages: 335-336

Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea 335

VII JEAIL 2 (2014)

Yurika Ishii∗

As maritime criminal activities are increasingly committed across the borders, States

have come to establish mechanisms of international cooperation to be implemented

in territorial seas. This article examines such mechanisms with regards to the crime

of piracy and armed robbery at sea from the perspective of public international law.

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particularly paying attention to the nature of these crimes. It concludes that under

the frameworks, States are allowed to pursue various objectives such as securing the

safety of navigation, maintaining security, or protecting the local economy. They

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by setting up a forum of dialogue between the coastal States and the user States, it

promotes maritime governance of territorial seas.

Keywords

Piracy, Armed Robbery at Sea, Law of the Sea, Maritime Security,

International Cooperation.

International Cooperation

on the Repression of Piracy

and Armed Robbery at Sea

under the UNCLOS

∗ Assistant Professor at the National Defense Academy of Japan. LL.B./Ph.D. (Tokyo), LL.M.(Tokyo / Cornell).

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5846-8341. The author may be contacted at: eureka@nda.ac.jp / Address:

National Defense Academy of Japan (Dept. of International Relations), 1-10-20 Hashirimizu Yokosuka, Kanagawa

Pref. 239-8686 Japan.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14330/jeail.2014.7.2.02