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From Klinghoffer to the Gaza Flotilla
Ridley, Yvonne
http://www.counterpunch.org/ridley06022010.htmlDate Written: 2010-06-02 Publisher: CounterPunch Year Published: 2010 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX11901 Under the Rome Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation of 1988, it is an international crime for any person to seize or exercise control over a ship by force, and also a crime to injure or kill any person in the process. The treaty necessarily adopts a strict approach. One cannot attack a ship and then claim self-defense if the people on board resist the unlawful use of violence. In other words, according to international law, the actions of the Israeli military were beyond the law and those involved should be treated no differently than, say, the Somali pirates who are also in the habit of boarding ships by force. Subject Headings |