Fifth Peace Palace Library Lecture about Piracy in Somalia
The meeting’s central theme was the international community’s efforts in combating and prosecuting pirates.
Commodore Michiel Hijmans discussed the operational aspects of military operations to combat piracy, focusing on NATO’s counter-piracy operations.
Commodore Michiel Hijmans was Commanding Officer of the Standing NATO Maritime Group, conducting the sixth months operation ‘Ocean Shield´ (counter piracy), ‘Operation Active Endeavour´ (counter terrorism) and other operations. Marten Zwanenburg discussed the legal aspects of such operations. Marten Zwanenburg is Senior Legal Advisor at the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands.
He holds a doctorate in international law from the University of Leiden. Henny Baan discussed the prosecution of the arrested pirates
