Piracy/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• International law [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • hostis humani generis [r]: A legal principle that certain acts, such as piracy, slavery and genocide, puts one outside the norms of civilization and makes one an "enemy of all mankind", subject to early forms of universal jurisdiction or summary action ^[e]
  • Universal definition [r]: Add brief definition or description
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hot pursuit [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

• Privateer [r]: A privately owned, armed sea vessel with a governmental authorization, usually called a letter of marque and reprisal, to raid foreign commerce as part of its nation's policy, usually of economic warfare ^[e]
  • Sir Francis Drake [r]: English privateer, explorer and naval commander ^[e]
• Declaration of Paris (1856) [r]: The treaty ending the Crimean War, which had an appendix banning privateering as well as piracy ^[e]
• Task Force 151 [r]: A multinational naval task force, created around Expeditionary Strike Group TWO from United States Central Command, which is conducting counter-piracy operations in the waters off Somalia; now under Turkish Navy command ^[e]

Other related topics

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Somalia [r]: A country located in the Horn of Africa, bordering Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya on its southwest, the Gulf of Aden at its north, the Indian Ocean at its east, and Ethiopia to the west. ^[e]
• Strait of Malacca [r]: One of the world's busiest waterways, passing Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, where piracy has been a major problem ^[e]
• Gulf of Aden [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Puntland [r]: A semi-autonomous region in the northeast of Somalia whose capital is Garowe. ^[e]