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dc.contributor.authorMoore, Cameronen
local.source.editorEditor(s): Andrew Forbesen
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-01T14:19:00Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.citationAustralia's Response to Piracy: A Legal Perspective, p. 87-101en
dc.identifier.isbn9780642297389en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8404-
dc.description.abstractThe Commanding Officer (CO) of a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) warship sent to apprehend pirates might be forgiven for thinking that piracy would be a fairly settled issue in law. The ancient character of the crime suggests that there has been ample opportunity for the law to respond to it, and international law has had a reasonably comprehensive approach to piracy for at least a century. Australia has diligently ratified and implemented all of the relevant obligations. The problem is that this is all Australia has done. The authority to use force at sea to apprehend pirates under Australian law is quite limited, most likely due to the fact there has not been an Australian piracy case since the early 19th century. The relevant Australian legislation is effectively a reproduction of the 'United Nations Law of the Sea Convention 1982' (LOSC), an orthodox international law instrument concerning obligations between states which characteristically has little provision for the detail of law enforcement. Consequently, the provisions under the 'Crimes Act 1914' for arrest of pirates and seizure of their vessels and evidence are fairly bald; they stand in contrast to the elaborate machinery in the 'Customs Act 1901' or the 'Fisheries Management Act 1991' for enforcing the law at sea. Another issue is that while the international law on piracy may be fairly well developed, the distinct facts of the recent Somali piracy phenomenon complicate matters for Australian warships. Although there are United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions authorising the same action in Somalia's territorial sea as could be taken on the high seas, Australian piracy provisions in the 'Crimes Act' do not operate in foreign territorial seas. Additionally, given the limited prospects for piracy prosecutions in Somali courts, it could be quite possible that Australia would have to hold pirates and their vessels for at least some time on behalf of the prosecution authorities of a third country. There is no provision in the 'Crimes Act', however, for such action. Where there is no authority under the 'Crimes Act', any enforcement action would have to rely upon the executive power. This paper will consider the limited 'Crimes Act' provisions for piracy before addressing the extent to which the Commonwealth can rely upon executive power to conduct counter-piracy operations off Somalia. It will conclude that, despite the extent of international law on piracy, Australian law on the use of force against pirates is perilously thin.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherRoyal Australian Navy, Sea Power Studies Centreen
dc.relation.ispartofAustralia's Response to Piracy: A Legal Perspectiveen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPapers in Australian Maritime Affairsen
dc.relation.isversionof1en
dc.titlePiracy and the use of Force in Australiaen
dc.typeBook Chapteren
dc.subject.keywordsLaw and Legal Studiesen
local.contributor.firstnameCameronen
local.subject.for2008189999 Law and Legal Studies not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008949999 Law, Politics and Community Services not elsewhere classifieden
local.identifier.epublicationsvtls086611975en
local.profile.schoolSchool of Lawen
local.profile.emailcmoore6@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryB1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20110812-162253en
local.publisher.placeCanberra, Australiaen
local.identifier.totalchapters8en
local.format.startpage87en
local.format.endpage101en
local.series.issn1327-5658en
local.series.number31en
local.contributor.lastnameMooreen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:cmoore6en
local.profile.orcid0000-0001-5272-624Xen
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:8580en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitlePiracy and the use of Force in Australiaen
local.output.categorydescriptionB1 Chapter in a Scholarly Booken
local.relation.urlhttp://www.navy.gov.au/Publication:Papers_in_Australian_Maritime_Affairs_No._31en
local.relation.urlhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/153788451en
local.search.authorMoore, Cameronen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2011en
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