Practice question
Under UNCLOS Article102, how are qualifying pirate acts by a government ship whose crew mutinied and took control treated?
- Assimilated to acts of a private ship
- Automatically exempt from the piracy provisions
- Converted into lawful navigation
- Always treated as a diplomatic visit
- Beyond every State’s concern
Legal references
- UNCLOS Articles101–103,106: https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part7.htm
- UN maritime-piracy circular explaining Article106: https://www.un.org/depts/los/piracy/circular_letter_3180.pdf
- RA9851 Section17: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9851_2009.html Final two paragraphs.
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