MARITIME PIRACY: TO THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT
Keywords:
piracy, maritime safety, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, armed-robberyAbstract
International legal definition of piracy is examined in the article. The deficiencies of conventional definition of this phenomenon are also analyzed.
It has been made a conclusion that the definition of piracy generally accepted in international law is incomplete, and creates the gaps, which can lead to impossibility of bringing the persons who have committed the pirate acts to trial.
The definition of piracy which is provided by the Criminal Code of Ukraine does not comply to the international concept of such kind of illegal activity. However, it is not considered to be a problem because the main purpose of criminalization of piracy acts is the opportunity to arraign every person who has committed illegal acts towards the vessel, crew, passengers and property.
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