PIRARE
GEO OBJECT CLASSES
Feature Piracy and armed robbery risk area
Acronym: PIRARE
Camel case: PiracyRiskArea
Spatial: surface
Simple Attributes: RESTRN; STATUS; SCAMAX; SCAMIN;
Complex Attributes: fixedDateRange; information; featureName; PeriodicDateRange; SourceIndication; textualDescription;
Associated Information Object classes: RCMDTS; REGLTS; RESDES;
Definition:
An area where there is an increased risk of piracy or armed robbery.
References:
UNCLOS Part V11
M-3: Chapter C Section 2.2
Remarks:
The text below should appear in the DCEG
An area where there is a raised risk of piracy or armed robbery.
Piracy consists of any of the following acts:
(a) any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed:
(i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or air-craft;
(ii) against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State;
(b) any act of voluntary participation in the operation of a ship or of an aircraft with knowledge of facts making it a pirate ship or aircraft;
(c) any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in subparagraph (a) or (b).
(United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea – Article 101)
Armed robbery takes place within the jurisdiction of a State.
Regular bulletins come from the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre – Kuala Lumpur.
Distinction:
CTNARE;
Justification:
Comment:
No comments.
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