Practice question
A privately owned fishing boat wishes to seize a suspected pirate ship under UNCLOS Article 107. It has no government-service markings or authorization. What is the best answer?
- Any private boat may conduct the treaty seizure
- Only the victims’ nationality State may seize
- Piracy may be seized only after a Security Council resolution
- Article 107 does not authorize this private boat to conduct the seizure
- Registration as a fishing boat supplies the necessary authorization
Legal references
- https://static.un.org/Depts/los/doalos_publications/publicationstexts/UnclosCompendiumEngWeb.pdf — UNCLOS, Articles 101, 105–107
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