TY - JOUR N2 - This article has taken on contemporary relevance because of the acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia. The UN, NATO, the EU, and the IMO (International Maritime Organization) are addressing the issue of piracy. The African Union is also involved in security operations in Somalia. The author discusses the decisions of the Rome Convention (1986) on combating illegal actions taken against security at sea. It is also worth examining the legal rules accepted by ASEAN with the aim of combating maritime piracy in north-east Asian waters, especially in the Malacca Straits. These, however, do not remove the sources of piracy - poverty, the weakness of state organs, corruption, and the black market. The international community, mainly within the UN, should adopt legislation that will avoid and more effectively combat maritime piracy. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/114098/PDF/document%20-%202019-09-27T141853.058.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/114098 PY - 2009 IS - No XXV EP - 148 A1 - Łukaszuk, Leonard PB - Oddział PAN w Gdańsku DA - 2009 T1 - The international community and maritime piracy: selected legal aspects SP - 133 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/114098 T2 - Prawo Morskie ER -