Critical analysis of the efficacy of the ReCAAP in combating piracy and armed robbery against ship in Asdia

The Regional cooperation agreement on combating piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia 2004 is an important regional agreement for alleviating incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships and all the member states are sincerely enforcing its treaty norms through appropriate national...

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Main Authors: Win, Kyaw Hla, Ansari, Abdul Haseeb, Masum, Ahmad, Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
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Published: The Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, India 2016
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spelling iium-538972017-04-25T02:24:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53897/ Critical analysis of the efficacy of the ReCAAP in combating piracy and armed robbery against ship in Asdia Win, Kyaw Hla Ansari, Abdul Haseeb Masum, Ahmad Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib K Law (General) The Regional cooperation agreement on combating piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia 2004 is an important regional agreement for alleviating incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships and all the member states are sincerely enforcing its treaty norms through appropriate national legislations. However, the agreement has failed to achieve considerable success because the two major players, Malaysia and Indonesia, of the navigation industry have yet to accept its membership, and also because the definition of maritime crimes in the agreement is not wide enough to encompass all kinds of maritime crimes pertaining to piracy and armed robbery. Because of these and some other deficiencies, it becomes necessary to critically examine the agreement and to offer necessary viable suggestions. The paper undertakes this task and suggests that the two states should be persuaded to be members of the agreement. It further designs a workable definition to the term ‘maritime crimes’ so that the objectives of the agreement are achieved. The Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, India 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53897/1/53897_Critical%20analysis%20of%20the%20efficacy%20of%20the%20ReCAAP.pdf Win, Kyaw Hla and Ansari, Abdul Haseeb and Masum, Ahmad and Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib (2016) Critical analysis of the efficacy of the ReCAAP in combating piracy and armed robbery against ship in Asdia. Journal of the Indian Law Institute, 58 (2). pp. 161-189. ISSN 0019-5731
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Win, Kyaw Hla
Ansari, Abdul Haseeb
Masum, Ahmad
Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
Critical analysis of the efficacy of the ReCAAP in combating piracy and armed robbery against ship in Asdia
description The Regional cooperation agreement on combating piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia 2004 is an important regional agreement for alleviating incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships and all the member states are sincerely enforcing its treaty norms through appropriate national legislations. However, the agreement has failed to achieve considerable success because the two major players, Malaysia and Indonesia, of the navigation industry have yet to accept its membership, and also because the definition of maritime crimes in the agreement is not wide enough to encompass all kinds of maritime crimes pertaining to piracy and armed robbery. Because of these and some other deficiencies, it becomes necessary to critically examine the agreement and to offer necessary viable suggestions. The paper undertakes this task and suggests that the two states should be persuaded to be members of the agreement. It further designs a workable definition to the term ‘maritime crimes’ so that the objectives of the agreement are achieved.
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author Win, Kyaw Hla
Ansari, Abdul Haseeb
Masum, Ahmad
Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
author_facet Win, Kyaw Hla
Ansari, Abdul Haseeb
Masum, Ahmad
Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
author_sort Win, Kyaw Hla
title Critical analysis of the efficacy of the ReCAAP in combating piracy and armed robbery against ship in Asdia
title_short Critical analysis of the efficacy of the ReCAAP in combating piracy and armed robbery against ship in Asdia
title_full Critical analysis of the efficacy of the ReCAAP in combating piracy and armed robbery against ship in Asdia
title_fullStr Critical analysis of the efficacy of the ReCAAP in combating piracy and armed robbery against ship in Asdia
title_full_unstemmed Critical analysis of the efficacy of the ReCAAP in combating piracy and armed robbery against ship in Asdia
title_sort critical analysis of the efficacy of the recaap in combating piracy and armed robbery against ship in asdia
publisher The Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, India
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/53897/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/53897/1/53897_Critical%20analysis%20of%20the%20efficacy%20of%20the%20ReCAAP.pdf
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