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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 jurisdiction [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
- Jolly Roger [r]: The traditional flag of pirates, who owe allegiance to no nation, of a white skull and crossbones on a black field [e]
- Historical pirates [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Blackbeard [r]: (~1680-1718) an English pirate (actual name Edward Teach) operating around the American colonies in the early 1700's, known for not harming or murdering captives [e]
- 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]
- Letter of marque [r]: A government authorization which allows a private ship to act as a ship of war in naval engagements with the ships of another nation. [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]
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- Regional Cooperation Agreement on Anti-Piracy [r]: Starting operations in 2006, a regional anti-piracy agreement for the Strait of Malacca, involving all the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as well as Bangladesh, China, Japan, South Korea, India and Sri Lanka [e]
- Maritime Expeditionary Security Force [r]: A component of the U.S. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command formed to provide integrated at-sea and coastal security. [e]
- 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]