Zodiac commando boats arrive at the rear of the French luxury yacht Le Ponant, whose crew was held hostage by pirates, in April 2008. The French navy frigate Le Commandant Bouan is seen in the background, off Somalia's coast. Reuters/Landov
France Ordered To Pay Compensation To PIRATES: Farce As European Court Says Convicted Somalis Were 'Detained 48 Hours Too Long' -- Daily Mail
* France to pay compensation to Somali pirates over 2008 arrests
* Army 'took too long to bring the pirates before a judge', ECHR rules
* France to pay £1,578 - £3,945 to each Somali pirate for 'moral damages'
* Also to pay from £2,367 to £7,100 to cover each pirate's legal costs
France has been ordered to pay thousands in compensation Somali pirates who had attacked French ships, because the pirates' human rights were disregarded when they were arrested.
The French army took too long to bring the pirates before a judge when they apprehended the sea-faring criminals in 2008, the European Court of Human Rights ruled.
France now has to pay between 5,000 and 2,000 euros (£3,945, and £1,578) to each pirate for 'moral damages'.
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More News On The European Court Ordering France To Pay Compensation To Somali Pirates
EU court orders France to pay thousands to Somali pirates -- France 24
Court tells France to pay damages to Somali pirates -- BBC
EU Court Orders France To Compensate Somali Pirates -- NPR
European court orders France to compensate Somali pirates -- RFI
Right to piracy? Court orders France to pay €10K to Somali pirates – for violation of their rights -- RT
France ordered to compensate Somali pirates -- Deutsche Welle
6 comments:
What a bloody joke!
Sick of this human rights brigade!
Laws are either laws, or they are not.
If Criminal Code Laws protecting the rights of a suspect to have a hearing, justifying the continued detainment, are deemed not to apply in this case, then they do not apply anywhere in the EU.
The concept of one law governing all, is an alien concept to most Americans.
"Laws are either laws, or they are not," -
"In the ruling, the ECHR acknowledged the French were operating under 'completely exceptional circumstances' - the arrest took place'more than 4,000 miles from French territory - which explained the long detention without seeing a judge."
And a mere 48 hours after that, again - A bloody farce.
When exceptions of the law are made and ratified, they are no longer exceptions, they are precidents.
Napolianic law is much different from Common law, French Warships dispatched to an anti-Piracy Operation, where arrests on criminal charges would probably been made, should have either had a French Criminal Magistrate on board, or a Skype link to a French Criminal Magistrate.
As you know Jay .... I live in Quebec .... where Quebec civil matters are regulated by French-heritage civil law. Being one who has had (unfortunately) more than enough experience with this law .... its complexities are unique and .... I hate to say it .... very French and European.
My beef with this ruling is the damages. What the European court should have done .... but choose not to .... is pay the lawyer fees and award the Somali pirates $1 dollar and or one euro. And then close the case.
Again, the problem is precident. If damages are found to exist, fair compensation has to be paid.
If compensation were paid as you suggest, then the precedent, at the highest level of the Court system would exist that compensation may be political.
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