Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/20268/23 Firstly this is not naval warfare. There is no reason to start reaching for the San Remo Manual, naval targeting law or the law of armed conflict. Those frameworks regulate armed conflict. This is a civilian maritime incident. 11987
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/20269/23 Second I would be very cautious about calling it “piracy”. Piracy has a specific legal meaning under UNCLOS Article 101. Among other requirements, it concerns acts committed on the high seas or somewhere outside the jurisdiction of any state. 31735
Simon Robert H K @simonpostsdog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yes I didn’t think the word piracy was applicable here. 010
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/202610/23 Inside territorial waters, you are inside the jurisdiction of the coastal state. That is precisely why calling every violent act at sea “piracy” causes problems. If this occurred in British territorial waters, British criminal law applies. If in French waters, French law does. 420113
