Protecting ocean-going vessels from terrorist acts

• Authors: Makowski A.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In an effort to fight terrorism, the author proposes applying the visit and search law not only on the high seas but also in territorial waters. This is a controversial viewpoint as current international law does not permit this law to be applied at all in case of terrorist threats. Additionally, territorial waters come under the exclusive jurisdiction of coastal countries. The full implementation into practice of a common, internationally accepted definition of terrorism should not be anticipated in the nearest future. The author of the article discusses the Rome Convention of 1988 on counteracting illegal acts that threaten the safety of ocean-going vessels, which was laid out following the attack staged by Palestinian terrorists on the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in October 1985.

Keywords

EN

OCEAN-GOING VESSELS' SAFETY; TERRORIST THREATS ON TERRITORIAL WATERS

Discipline

• LAW_&_ADMINISTRATION: LAW & ADMINISTRATION

• Publisher: The Gdańsk Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Prawo Morskie
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 23
• Pages: 91-108
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Makowski A.

• A. Makowski, no address given, contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA03657386