Combating Piracy Requires Enhanced Judicial Systems in East Africa

JURIST Guest Columnists James Gosling and Sally Buckley of Holman Fenwick Willan LLP say that the judicial systems of states in the East African region must be bolstered through international assistance before the UN piracy resolution can have a substantial impact on combating maritime crime...As the world's most failed state, Somalia currently does not have the resources or infrastructure to prosecute perpetrators of piracy. There has been no effective central government in the country since

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