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39 N.C.J. Int'l L. & Com. Reg. 1029 (2013-2014)
On the Effectiveness of Private Security Guards on Board Merchant Ships off the Coast of Somalia - Where Is the Piracy; What Are the Legal Ramifications

handle is hein.journals/ncjint39 and id is 1065 raw text is: On the Effectiveness of Private Security Guards on Board Merchant Ships off the Coast of Somalia- Where is the Piracy? What are the Legal Ramifications? Barry Hart Dubnerf & Claudia Pastoriusf I. Introduction: A Scenario ................ ......1029 II. Putting the State of Piracy off the Coast of Somalia into Perspective .................... .............1031 III. Significant Shifts in the International Guidance and National Laws.............................1040 IV. Important Legal Issues Raised When Employing Security Guards Aboard Ships .......... ........ 1044 V. Human Rights Considerations on the Use of PCASP .....1051 VI. Conclusion ........ . ............... ...... 1057 VII. Appendix .................................1059 I. Introduction: A Scenario You are part of a four-man private security team contracted to protect a merchant vessel against piracy off the Somali coast, spanning 1800 miles.' You see what appears to be a pirate vessel. In this case, it is not a skiff. Most acts of piracy are perpetrated using fishing skiffs that are modified to attack t Professor of Law, Barry University, Dwayne 0. Andreas School of Law, Orlando, Florida; J.D., New York Law School; LL.M., University of Miami, School of Law; LL.M., New York University School of Law; J.S.D., New York University School of Law. tt J.D. Barry University, Dwayne 0. Andreas School of Law; B.A., Johns Hopkins University. I Robert I. Rotberg, Combating Maritime Piracy: A Policy Brief with Recommendations for Action, WORLD PEACE FOUND. (WPF), Policy Brief #11, at 2 (Jan. 26, 2011).