International legal regulation of the fight against piracy and armed robbery at sea

this scientific work is devoted to the analysis of the international legal regulation of the fight against piracy and armed robbery at sea. These acts pose a threat to maritime safety, trade, and the State and society in general, so it is necessary to highlight such topics and combat them through legislative regulation. The purpose of the work is to identify what constitutes piracy and armed robbery at sea, and what means are used to suppress them. The research solves the following tasks: it examines the definition and signs of piracy, analyzes the regulatory framework that establishes responsibility for the commission of the above-mentioned criminal acts, examines the activities of organizations and states to develop methods to combat armed robbery at sea, examines the activities of pirates in our days. Special attention is paid to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, its provisions and articles are analyzed. In addition, regional agreements of various countries are also being considered, as well as the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The authors also give examples of pirate attacks in modern realities, in particular, they describe the attack on a Russian tanker and the measures that were taken to eliminate violators of law and order. The study showed that piracy and armed robbery at sea is a large–scale problem that requires joint efforts by all States, as well as the expansion of the regulatory framework that would be able to effectively combat criminal acts.

piracy, Convention, United Nations, Criminal Code, Moscow University, Marshal Shaposhnikov, Security Council