Africa Maritime Security and Law Enforcement Primer
Africa Maritime Security and Law Enforcement Primer, 2019
126 Pages Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Date Written: March 26, 2019
Abstract
The Primer is a compilation of international maritime legal frameworks, relevant agreements, and policy documents from Africa.
Originally based on documents compiled from Trans-Atlantic Maritime Security and Criminal Justice Workshops held in multiple West and Central African venues, the 2019 Primer remains a resource document. The workshops, co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), and U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), in partnership with the United States Coast Guard (USCG), brought together officials and subject matter experts from North America, Europe, and Africa to collaboratively address capacity building, discuss best practices, and examine maritime criminal justice issues.
The Primer has evolved to address the following governance and threat issues: Whole-of-government frameworks that support interagency coordination, strategy development, as well as specific threats, such as piracy, armed robbery at sea, maritime migration, human trafficking, drug trafficking, illegal fishing, pollution, financial crimes, and terrorist acts. And, the Primer has excerpted key provisions from the following instruments: Djibouti Code of Conduct (2009) and the Jeddah Amendments (2017); Lome Charter (2016); Yaoundé Code of Conduct (2013); and 2050 Africa’s Integrated Maritime Strategy (2050 AIM Strategy) (2012).
Keywords: Africa, Maritime Security, Whole-Of-Government, Interagency, Piracy, Maritime Domain Awareness, Los Convention, Law of the Sea Convention, Terrorism, Illegal Fishing, Maritime Strategy, Unsc, Africa Union, Navy Coast Guard, Maritime Law Enforcement
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