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Dr Douglas Guilfoyle studied at Cambridge in 2003-2007 adn now teaches public international law and UK constitutional law subjects at UCL. His major research interest is high-seas law enforcement and a book based on his doctoral research, Shipping Interdiction and the Law of the Sea, will be published as part of the Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law series by Cambridge University Press in 2009.
Lecture summary: Somalian piracy is now front-page news and Somalian pirates are proving increasingly bold, organized and sophisticated. Both the IMO and the Security Council have taken measures in respect of this threat. While UNSCR 1816 has gathered the most publicity, it may be IMO regional initiatives that prove more successful in the long term. Both approaches, however, rely on the traditional law of piracy, which is often criticized as outdated. Can we finally lay to rest a few legal myths about the limits of piracy law?
Further links:
Dr Guilfoyle's website: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/guilfoyle
IMO Piracy reports: www.imo.org/Circulars/mainframe.asp?topic_id=334
UNSCR 1816: www.un.org/Docs/sc/unsc_resolutions08.htm
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