Abstract
Sea piracy, or piracy, is robbery conducted in sea, or sometimes in beach. It could be said that history of piracy occurs simultaneously with history of navigation. Where there are ships transporting merchandise, appears pirates are ready to have it forcibly. It has been known since the time of the occurrence of piracy Greece ancient. Included in the era Roman republic experienced piracy by the sea robbers. Since then they plow all the ships that are currently floating in the ocean near Borneo and Sumatra. However, the best in its long history written on 16th-17th century and it called as the golden age of pirates. But, the piracy not only in the past era, in the modern era as today, the piracy still exist as the criminal case in Somalia in 1990-2011, Philipine in 2016-2017, Dhobo accident in 2019 etc. The piracy is also can be called as Hostis Humani Generis it is mean the piracy is the enemy of all humans. The piracy ruled in UNCLOS articles 101-110 and in Indonesia is ruled in Criminal Law article 439-440. This article explains the international law of sea piracy, hostage release procedure and court procedure in International Criminal Court (ICC) and international punishment for pirate.
Highlights
Piracy is generally connected with the pirating by pirates, despite frequent pirating of airplanes, buses or trains
Indonesia is known as a nation of sailors, it accounted for piracy figures in the world, especially in Southeast Asia. 141 cases of piracy in Southeast Asia, one hundred and piracy incident occurred in Indonesia
Not International Journal of Law Recontruction Volume 3, Issue 1I, September 2019 in context, since the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which is set just piracy that occurs on the high seas
Summary
Piracy is generally connected with the pirating by pirates, despite frequent pirating of airplanes, buses or trains. Foreign Ministry confirmed that there are 10 citizens who are being held hostage of the Abu Sayyaf, the Philippines.
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