International fight against the Somalian piracy

Abstract

Abolition of piracy off Somalia has been in the interest of the international community since 2008. Although there is a wide consent regarding the need of taking actions (see the UN Security Council decisions on this topic, or deployment of NATO/EU/multinational/national warships to the affected area, etc.), there is no unified idea existing on the means and methods of solving this problem, till now. In order to find the possible answers to the modern day piracy, we must first of all understand this phenomenon itself, by exploring its causes and contexts. Although our country does not possess any coasts, we may not pass with closed eyes along this local/regional problem having also global effects. The author of this article takes under thorough examination the Somali piracy, the legal character of this activity, as well as the possible (e.g. political, military, legal, technical, etc.) means of taking actions against it.