@ARTICLE{Makowski_Andrzej_Legal_2001, author={Makowski, Andrzej}, number={No XV}, journal={Prawo Morskie}, pages={21-27}, howpublished={online}, year={2001}, publisher={Oddział PAN w Gdańsku}, abstract={Piracy is as old as sea-faring itself. For centuries, it accompanied sea-faring on all the navigable seas of the world. Piracy and pirates have lasted to the present day and now constitute a constantly recurring threat. At present pirates operate in straits, in territorial waters, in roadsteads and in sea-ports. A clear majority of states with coastlines combats piracy in their territorial waters with naval forces, with border protection units or with other legally constituted units. The author considers the possibility of using international naval forces to combat piracy in international waters (on the high seas) in the context of the contents of art. 110 and 111 of the Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982. The first speaks of the right of inspection and the second of the right of pursuit. This convention provides real possibilities of combating piracy by international naval forces on the high seas. However, the situation is different in relation to combating piracy in coastal waters. The combating of piracy in such waters is impossible until separate agreements can be reached between interested states. One way of legally strengthening the combating of piracy by international armed forces may be the modification of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the concluding of bi-lateral and multi-lateral agreements among states in the regions where there is a high frequency of pirate attacks.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Legal Aspects of the Use ofintemational Maritime Forces in Combating Piracy}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/120693/PDF-MASTER/2_PM_XV_Makowski_Aspekty.pdf}, }