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| Africa Horn |
| Security Council suggests tribunals to try Somali pirates |
| 2010-04-28 |
| UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council on Tuesday put forward the possibility of establishing international tribunals to try pirates, as its members called for tougher legislation aimed at prosecuting and jailing suspects caught off the coast of Somalia. In a resolution unanimously adopted, the 15-member body appealed to all States "to criminalize piracy under their domestic law and favorably consider the prosecution of suspected, and imprisonment of convicted, pirates apprehended off the coast of Somalia, consistent with applicable international human rights law. " Not just a resolution, mind you, but a unanimously adopted resolution ... The Security Council also requested that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon present a report within three months on possible options for prosecuting and imprisoning suspects in connection with piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Horn of Africa. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Unanimous because the Russians and Chinese have not figured out a way to make useful proxies out of the pirates. Not that the possibility is going undiscussed, I'm sure... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-04-28 11:48 |