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ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST SHIPS [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2015-12-07
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Offences and crimes
- Law of the Sea
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- armed robbery against ships
1, record 1, English, armed%20robbery%20against%20ships
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
"Armed robbery against ships" consists of any of the following acts: (a) unlawful act of violence or detention or any act of depredation, or threat thereof, other than an act of piracy, committed for private ends and directed against a ship or against persons or property on board such a ship, within a State's internal waters, archipelagic waters and territorial sea; (b) any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in subparagraph (a). 2, record 1, English, - armed%20robbery%20against%20ships
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Infractions et crimes
- Droit de la mer
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- vol à main armée contre des navires
1, record 1, French, vol%20%C3%A0%20main%20arm%C3%A9e%20contre%20des%20navires
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- vol à main armée à l'encontre des navires 2, record 1, French, vol%20%C3%A0%20main%20arm%C3%A9e%20%C3%A0%20l%27encontre%20des%20navires
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
On entend par «vols à main armée à l'encontre des navires» un des actes suivants : a) acte illicite de violence ou de détention ou toute déprédation, ou menace de déprédation, autre qu'un acte de piraterie, commis à des fins privées contre un navire, ou contre des personnes ou des biens à son bord, dans les eaux intérieures, les eaux archipélagiques ou la mer territoriale d'un État; b) toute action visant à inciter ou à faciliter intentionnellement un des actes décrits à l'alinéa a). 2, record 1, French, - vol%20%C3%A0%20main%20arm%C3%A9e%20contre%20des%20navires
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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