Piracy and Legal Issues: Reconciling Public and Private Interests

23:00, 30th September 2009 - Piracy off the Somali and West African coasts, and in South East Asia, continues to be a serious problem. Different actors - including governments, navies, ship owners and ship operators - have different interests in dealing with the problem. The conference will consider the legal constraints applicable to these different actors and seeks to give a voice to, and reconcile, the sometimes conflicting interests of governments and the commercial sector. The legal issues covered by the conference include: the international legal framework the responsibilities and rights of navies and the use of force shipriders; rights and responsibilities detention and prosecution of pirates the Human Rights obligations of governments legal constraints on owners, operators and insurers including the payment of ransoms legal liabilities regarding the provision of private security the distinction between piracy and terrorism regional and international co-operation the tracing of assets, including legal implications for governments and the international community For more information please see the attached agenda or contact Tighisti Amare.

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