Prosecuting Juvenile Piracy Suspects: The International Legal Framework
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Duncan Gaswaga, a former judge of the Seychelles Supreme Court who has presided over numerous piracy trials, asked the following question: "What is a judge to do when a bearded piracy suspect facing justice asserts that he is fourteen?" This book addresses this important question by focusing on the treatment of juvenile piracy suspects under international law within national prosecutorial regimes. Beginning with the modern-day Somali piracy model, and exploring the reasons for piracy organizers and financiers to have employed Somali youth as pirates, author Milena Sterio analyzes the relevant international legal framework applicable to the treatment of juvenile criminal suspects, such as international human rights law, international criminal law, including the statutes of several international and ad hoc tribunals, as well as legal issues related to the use of child soldiers, as a parallel to the use of child pirates.
ISBN
9781138839335
Publication Date
2018
Publisher
Routledge
Keywords
piracy, juvenile pirates, child soldiers, human rights, ad hoc tribunals
Disciplines
Criminal Law | Human Rights Law | International Humanitarian Law | International Law | Law of the Sea | Transnational Law
Recommended Citation
Sterio, Milena, "Prosecuting Juvenile Piracy Suspects: The International Legal Framework" (2018). Law Faculty Books. 35.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/fac_books/35
