LAW OF THE SEA AND AIRSPACE PRESENTATION
Transcript of LAW OF THE SEA AND AIRSPACE PRESENTATION
Private Security Measures Transnational Threats in the Maritime Domain
Commander James Kraska Howard S. Levie Chair in Operational Law United States Naval War College Senior Fellow Center for Oceans Law & Policy University of Virginia School of Law
Threat
⇔ Escalation • WFP, SLOCs
⇓ Ships & hostages ⇑ Ransoms
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Response
IMO ⇒ UNSC • CMF, NATO, EU • Catch & release • Trials
BMP
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PMSC—PCASP • Carriage of arms • Use of force
• UNCLOS • IMO—ISO
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finis 6
US Carrier
A
B
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D
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ITAR Personal
Exemption (Crew)
+Export Lic.
Personal Exemption
(Crew) +Export Lic.
Personal Exemption (security
team)+Export Lic.
Personal Exemptions
Export License Weapons loaded
outside US
Weapons
AK-47 Side Arms
X4 AR-15 x1 .50cal S.
Auto; x2 Shotgun
x4 Side Arms
M4/AR-15 Shotguns Side Arms
NVG / Armor
x4 M4/AR-15 x1 Shotgun
x4 Side Arms
S. Auto Rifles Shotguns
x3 Shotguns
Port Entry
Dubai, UAE – Declared in
ship’s stores; secured master’s
cabin
Egypt & UAE
Declared in ship‘s stores
Jebel Ali, UAE
Weapons declaration from
CSO
Suez, Egypt
Declared in ship’s stores; inert;
firing mechanisms
removed
Egypt & UAE
Declared in ship’s stores; secured
locker
Fujairah – Procedures
not reported by company
Embark/Disembark
Unarmed security in
Egypt, Malta, UAE.
Armed security
embarks in Iraq.
Weapons secured onboard
Unarmed security in
Suez.
Debarks in Dubai.
Weapons secured onboard
Security aboard continuously
Unarmed security in Egypt and
Kuwait.
Disabled weapons secured
onboard
Cairo, Alexandria Unarmed security team members in
Durban, Suez, Sri Lanka,
Bahrain, and Fujairah