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Footnote
The following definition of piracy is contained in article 101 of the 1982
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS):
"Piracy consists of any of the following acts:
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(a) any illegal acts of violence or detention,
or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the
passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed:
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(i) on the high seas, against another
ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or
aircraft;
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(ii) against a ship, aircraft, persons or
property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State;
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(b) any act of voluntary participation in the
operation of a ship or of an aircraft with knowledge of facts making it a
pirate ship or aircraft;
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(c) any act inciting or of intentionally
facilitating an act described in sub-paragraph (a) or (b).”
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