Uh… I’m pretty sure you need to take ships for ransom or other material gain before you’re considered a pirate. The Houthi blockade is just that, a blockade (definitely needs to be more targeted though), and frankly I care a lot more about opposing genocide than freedom of navigation.
(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:
(i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft;
(ii) against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State;
(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;
Uh… What do you think the Houthis are? They’re an independent political entity with their own goals, ideas and people. Even if they were doing this at Iran’s bidding they wouldn’t be “contracted” and their goals wouldn’t be private ends.
Please tell me you’re not trying to support the “they’re being contracted” argument, because if so, like, c’mon. That aside, even if we assume they’re an Iranian vassal state, okay and?
Unauthorised people tried to board shipping with the right of innocent passage. They are pirates.
Uh… I’m pretty sure you need to take ships for ransom or other material gain before you’re considered a pirate. The Houthi blockade is just that, a blockade (definitely needs to be more targeted though), and frankly I care a lot more about opposing genocide than freedom of navigation.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
The “blockade” fits detention in (a). The missiles they fired at the ships fit the violence.
For private ends. That part is important.
They are being contracted by Iran to do this.
Uh… What do you think the Houthis are? They’re an independent political entity with their own goals, ideas and people. Even if they were doing this at Iran’s bidding they wouldn’t be “contracted” and their goals wouldn’t be private ends.
So your argument is that they’re independent terrorists rather than pirates?
Asks the guy whos argument is that the defacto rulers of Yemen are crew or passengers of a private ship.
Oh that too lmao.
Houthis are not seriously independent as compared to iran.
Please tell me you’re not trying to support the “they’re being contracted” argument, because if so, like, c’mon. That aside, even if we assume they’re an Iranian vassal state, okay and?
I’m simply pointing out that your statement of them being independent is outright wrong.