Privatizing the struggle against Somali piracy

Fitzsimmons, Scott

doi:10.1080/09592318.2013.740230

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“…The purchasing of maritime commercial security by the shipping industry and the relationship between PMSCs and NGOs, for instance, have benefitted from substantial attention. 15 Scholarship on the use of commercial actors by international organizations, by contrast, has largely focused on the legal, political and ethical implications of privatizing UN peace operations. 16 Empirical studies of the role played by PMSCs in supporting international organizations' crisis management activities, by contrast, are still missing.…”

Section: The Dimensions Of Privatizationmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…39 In the same period, the Council established EUCAP Nestor with the objective of assisting Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Seychelles and Tanzania to build up maritime capabilities countering international piracy and improving the governance of the seas. By the end of 2013, the full capacity of the mission will consist of 100 officials (from the actual 66) divided between Djibouti (75), Nairobi (15) and the Seychelles (10). 40 Lastly, operation EUBAM Libya, launched in May 2013, should consist of 110 staff tasked with advising local authorities in border management.…”

Section: Csdp Missions: a Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Normative Power under Contract? Commercial Support to European Crisis Management Operations

Giumelli¹,

Cusumano²

2014

International Peacekeeping

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The increasing privatization of military and stability operations has received considerable scholarly attention. Existing scholarship, however, has largely focused on the privatization of state foreign policy, overlooking the empirical analysis of international organizations' use of commercial actors in the conduct of crisis management operations. The present study fills this gap by investigating the role of commercial contractors in supporting European Common Security and Defence civilian and military missions. By doing so, the article intends to advance the empirical knowledge of the privatization of foreign policy activities and the scope, determinants and future prospects of EU reliance on commercial actors for CSDP crisis management operations.

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Section: The Dimensions Of Privatizationmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Csdp Missions: a Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Normative Power under Contract? Commercial Support to European Crisis Management Operations

Giumelli¹,

Cusumano²

2014

International Peacekeeping

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“…Maritime security, which is considered as one of the prerogatives of a sovereign, is slowly losing ground to private security companies (Liss 2013;Abrahamsen et al 2010;Caldwell 2012). Some scholars attribute this growth in the use of private armed guards to the failure of Governments in their duty to offer protection to the international shipping, especially with regards to piracy, which affects some of the most important shipping routes in the world (Williams 2014;Fitzsimmons 2013). The activities of armed guards on merchant vessel fall under overlapping jurisdictions.…”

Section: Private Actorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Maritime piracy operations: Some legal issues

Ahmad¹

2020

Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs

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The international legal regime pertaining to maritime piracy has developed and grown over the years. These changes were prompted due to lacunas in the legal system, which surfaced when the codified laws were implemented. The problem of maritime piracy flares up every few years, especially with the modernization of boats and weapons. Dealing with maritime piracy involves coordinated and orchestrated efforts at different levels including, domestic, regional and international. Anti-maritime piracy operations have been very successful in controlling and reducing piratical activities, for example, attacks on merchant vessels off the Somalian coast have considerably reduced. Given the success of such anti-maritime piracy operations, it becomes imperative to underscore some legal issues that may stand out and flag the gaps in the international maritime piracy legal regime. Identifying such legal issues will help the future lawmakers in deciding if such issues need resolution, and does it require further development or amendment of the current maritime piracy legal regime.

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“…Genel olarak bakıldığında ise özel deniz güvenliği literatürünün ÖDGŞ teknik yapısına ya da deniz haydutluğuna karşı verilen mücadeleye odaklandığı [10,11,12] ülke bazında karşılaştırmalarla ÖDGŞ yasalarının tartışıldığı [13,14,15] veya sorunun uluslararası boyutunun araştırıldığı [3,16,1] …”

Section: Literatür Taramasıunclassified

“…Özellikle Somali bazlı deniz haydutluğu ile birlikte Uluslararası Denizcilik Örgütü (IMO) Deniz Emniyeti Komitesi'nin (MSC) deniz haydutluğu ile mücadele kapsamında yayımlamış olduğu 14 Eylül 2011 tarihli "Somali Açıklarında Seyreden Gemilere Karşı Girişilen Silahlı Soygun ve Deniz Haydutluğu Hakkında 1339 Numaralı Sirküler"in ("MSC.1/ Circ.1339-Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships In Waters Off The Coast of Somalia") ekinde yer alan ve Yüksek Riskli Bölgeden geçiş yapan gemilerin işleticileri ve kaptanları için planlama ve operasyonel uygulamalar hakkındaki tavsiyeleri içeren BMP4 (Best Management Practices Against Somali Based Piracy-Version 4 August 2011), askeri deniz harekâtları, deniz haydutluğuna karşı bilgilendirme ve raporlama sistemleri gibi birçok önlem sektör tarafından benimsenmiştir. Deniz haydutluğuna karşı alınan bu önlemlerin deniz haydutluğu olaylarını azaltmakla birlikte durdurmaya yetecek güçte etki sağlayamadığı görülmüştür [1]. Kaçırılan, saldırıya uğrayan gemi sayısı ve deniz ticaret maliyetlerinin giderek artması ise gemi sahiplerinde ek güvenlik ihtiyacı oluşturmuştur [2,25].…”

Section: Introductionunclassified