kenyan courts can start trying somali (and other) pirates caught in international waters

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follow[ing] a 2010 Kenyan High Court judgement [that] courts could only deal with offenses carried out within the country’s territory… Kenya’s Court of Appeal rules the country’s courts have jurisdiction to try pirates caught in international waters.

 

 

Published by hlanthorn

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