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The Shiprider Shadow: Situating U.S.-Caribbean Interdiction Agreements within the Law of the Sea

The Shiprider Shadow: Situating U.S.-Caribbean Interdiction Agreements within the Law of the Sea The Shiprider Shadow: Situating U. S .-Caribbean Interdiction Agreements within the Law of the Sea Cassidy Gale JD Candidate, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Introduction Law does not exist in a vacuum. It is a function of its greater social, political, and customary context. This paper seeks to provide that context for bilat - er al ship interdiction agreements (shiprider agreements)1 between the United States and various Caribbean States. Interdiction is used to describe a two-step process: the detainment, boarding, and search of vessels at sea that ar - e sus pected of illicit drug trafficking; and the subsequent arrest of the vessel, - per sons, or cargo aboard should those suspicions prove valid.2 These agreements, though somewhat varied across their numerous bilateral iterations, each provide for great U.er S . jurisdiction in drug-trafficking oper - a tions than the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ) affords. As a basic summary, the agreements allow for . entry int U. S o foreign territorial seas when engaged in hot pursuit; the placement of foreign law en- forcement personnel on U. . S Coast Guard ships to facilitate accelerated board- ing procedures; http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ocean Yearbook Online Brill

The Shiprider Shadow: Situating U.S.-Caribbean Interdiction Agreements within the Law of the Sea

Ocean Yearbook Online , Volume 31 (1): 34 – Jan 1, 2017

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10.1163/22116001-03101016
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The Shiprider Shadow: Situating U. S .-Caribbean Interdiction Agreements within the Law of the Sea Cassidy Gale JD Candidate, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Introduction Law does not exist in a vacuum. It is a function of its greater social, political, and customary context. This paper seeks to provide that context for bilat - er al ship interdiction agreements (shiprider agreements)1 between the United States and various Caribbean States. Interdiction is used to describe a two-step process: the detainment, boarding, and search of vessels at sea that ar - e sus pected of illicit drug trafficking; and the subsequent arrest of the vessel, - per sons, or cargo aboard should those suspicions prove valid.2 These agreements, though somewhat varied across their numerous bilateral iterations, each provide for great U.er S . jurisdiction in drug-trafficking oper - a tions than the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ) affords. As a basic summary, the agreements allow for . entry int U. S o foreign territorial seas when engaged in hot pursuit; the placement of foreign law en- forcement personnel on U. . S Coast Guard ships to facilitate accelerated board- ing procedures;

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Published: Jan 1, 2017

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