The interception of vessels on the high seas : contemporary challenges to the legal order of the oceans / Efthymios Papastavridis.
2013
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Title
The interception of vessels on the high seas : contemporary challenges to the legal order of the oceans / Efthymios Papastavridis.
Published
Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2013.
Call Number
KZ6578 .P37 2013
ISBN
9781849461832 (hardback)
184946183X (hardback)
184946183X (hardback)
Description
xxxiii, 367 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)818462900
Note
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University College London, 2009.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-343) and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Catherine Redgwell
v
Preface
vii
Acknowledgements
ix
List of Abbreviations
xv
Table of Cases
xix
Table of Treaties and Other International Agreements
xxv
1.
Introduction
1
I.
Introductory Remarks: Enquiring Maritime Interception on the High Seas
1
II.
Contemporary Challenges to the Freedom of the High Seas and Maritime Interception
4
A.
Terrorism and WMD
4
B.
Drug Trafficking
6
C.
Illicit Migration
8
D.
Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea
11
E.
IUU Fishing
12
F.
Are They All `Threats to Maritime Security'?
13
III.
Outline of the Book
15
2.
Theoretical Framework of the Right of Visit on the High Seas: Mare Liberum v Mare Clausum Revisited
18
I.
Historical Claims to Freedom of the Seas
18
A.
From Antiquity to the Middle Ages
18
B.
`Battle of the Books'
20
C.
Era of Consolidation and Codification of Mare Liberum
22
D.
Legal Nature of the High Seas
23
E.
Concluding Observations
24
II.
Contemporary Right of Visit: Lessons from the Historical and the Theoretical Framework of Mare Liberum
24
A.
Mare Liberum v Mare Clausum: Antithetical or Complementary Concepts?
24
B.
Mare Clausum Concerns and the Contemporary Right of Visit on the High Seas
27
C.
Claims for Maintenance of International Peace and Security
30
D.
Claims for Protection of the Bon Usage of the Oceans
32
E.
Claims for Maintenance of the Ordre Public of the States and of International Society
36
III.
Interference in the Contemporary Legal Order of the Oceans: Concluding Remarks
39
3.
Law of Maritime Interception on the High Seas
41
I.
Introductory Remarks
41
II.
Right of Visit on the High Seas in Wartime
42
A.
Law of Naval Warfare in the Past and in the Present
43
B.
Role of the UN Charter in the Contemporary Law of Naval Warfare
45
C.
Applicability of LOSC in the Law of Naval Warfare
46
D.
Belligerent Right of Visit and Search: Rules and Procedures
47
E.
Concluding Thoughts
49
III.
Right of Visit on the High Seas in Peacetime
50
A.
Treaty and Customary Law Framework of the Right of Visit
50
B.
Contemporary Challenges to the Customary Right of Approach
54
C.
Right of Visit: The Contemporary Practice of Interception on the High Seas
60
D.
Other Legal Considerations in Maritime Interception Operations
73
E.
Concluding Remarks: Is there a Law of Maritime Interception?
81
4.
Interception on the High Seas in the Context of Peace and Security: The Right of Visit in Cases of Armed Conflict and Security Council's Action
83
I.
Introductory Remarks
84
II.
Belligerent Right of Visit and Search and its Contemporary Application in the Legal Order of the Oceans
84
A.
Right of Visit in Cases of Armed Conflicts
84
B.
Maritime Enforcement of UN Security Council Resolutions
96
C.
Unilateral Enforcement of UN Security Council Resolutions
106
III.
Conclusions
111
5.
Contemporary Challenges to the International Peace and Security: International Terrorism and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
113
I.
Introduction
113
II.
Challenges of International Terrorism and WMD Proliferation
115
III.
Responses and Interdiction Operations within an Institutional Framework
119
A.
UN Security Council
119
B.
NATO and Operation Active Endeavour
127
C.
International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
129
D.
CARICOM
136
IV.
Responses and Interdiction Operations beyond International Organisations
139
A.
Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
139
B.
Bilateral Boarding Agreements
143
V.
Legal Justifications for Unilateral Interdiction Measures under General International Law
148
A.
Law of the Sea
148
B.
Right of Self-Defence
149
C.
Other Circumstances Precluding the Wrongfulness of Interdiction under the Law of State Responsibility
154
VI.
Additional International Legal Issues: Use of Force, Enforcement Jurisdiction and Human Rights
157
VII.
Concluding Remarks
160
6.
Maritime Interception to Safeguard the Fundamental Freedoms of the High Seas
161
I.
Introduction
161
II.
Case of Piracy Jure Gentium as a Threat to the Freedom of Navigation and Commerce
162
A.
Definition of Piracy under International Law
162
B.
Interception of Pirate Vessels under International Law
166
C.
Assertion of jurisdiction Over Pirates
168
D.
Extraordinary Case off Piracy in Africa
170
E.
Conclusions
196
III.
IUU Fishing as a Threat to the Freedom of Fishing
197
A.
Introduction: The Problem of IUU Fishing
197
B.
LOSC and the 1995 Straddling Stocks Agreement
199
C.
RFMOs
202
D.
Concluding Remarks
203
7.
Interception on the High Seas to Counter Drug Trafficking
205
I.
Introduction
205
II.
International Legal Justifications for Interference with Drug Smuggling on the High Seas
206
A.
Multilateral Treaty-Law Bases for Interception
206
B.
Bilateral Treaty-Law Bases for Interception
226
C.
Customary Law Bases for Interception
237
III.
Additional International Legal Issues in the Course of Interception Operations
241
A.
Question of the Use of Force
242
B.
Human Rights Restrictions
242
C.
Jurisdictional Issues Involved
245
IV.
Concluding Remarks
258
8.
Interception on the High Seas and Human Beings
259
I.
Introduction
259
II.
International Legal Justifications for Interference on the High Seas
263
A.
Treaty Bases for Interference
263
B.
Customary Law Bases for Interference
291
III.
Additional International Legal Issues in the Course of Interception Operations of Human Beings
301
A.
Use of Force and Interception of Human Beings
301
B.
Principle of Non-Refoulement and Human Beings on the High Seas
302
IV.
Concluding Remarks
308
9.
Conclusions
309
Bibliography
315
Index
345