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 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.

References:

UNCLOS Part V11

M-3: Chapter C Section 2.2

Remarks:

Regular bulletins come from the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre – Kuala Lumpur.

Distinction:

CTNARE;

Justification:
to be completed

Comment:

No comments.

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