Article 100 UNCLOS

UNCLOS Article 100 imposes a duty on all states to cooperate to the fullest possible extent in repressing piracy on the high seas or in any other place outside the jurisdiction of any state. It is the opening provision of the Convention’s piracy regime, Articles 100 to 107, and frames piracy as a matter of universal concern. The duty underpins the multinational counter-piracy task forces in the Gulf of Aden and the wider western Indian Ocean and supports the universal seizure power in Article 105.