Fighting Maritime Piracy: Council of Europe Contribution

Following the adoption by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) of Recommendation 1913 (2010) on “[t]he necessity to take additional international legal steps to deal with sea piracy” the Committee of Ministers has carefully examined this document, and has brought the recommendation to the attention of their governments and has also communicated it to the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) and to the Committee of Legal Advisors on Public International Law (CAHDI), for information and possible comments.