Open AccessCombating drug trafficking: the international legal dimension
Author(s) -
Serhii Kuznietsov
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
revista amazonía investiga
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2322-6307
DOI - 10.34069/ai/2022.51.03.21
Subject(s) - international law , flag (linear algebra) , state (computer science) , drug trafficking , liability , law , political science , field (mathematics) , law and economics , business , sociology , computer science , criminology , mathematics , algorithm , pure mathematics , algebra over a field
According to the provisions of international legal agreements governing interstate relations at sea, there must be a specific connection between states that release ships flying their flag at sea and those ships that use the attributes of the respective state. This regime provides for the existence of a number of interrelated rights and responsibilities that have both the state and the relevant vessel under its flag. In the event that a seagoing ship violates the rules of international law, the State concerned shall have the right to apply liability to such a ship. It is the purpose of this research that is the analysis of the obligations of the states whose flag ships go to sea that violate the established international legal requirements, in particular - in the field of drugs and psychotropic substances. The author of the article used a number of methods of scientific knowledge to obtain relevant results. Such methods include the dogmatic method, the comparative legal method, the deduction method, and the induction method. As a result of the study, the author concluded that the system of obligations of the "flag state", which includes, inter alia, obligations to stop the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and / or psychotropic substances, is the illegal use of "flag vessels" and constitute the concept of «genuine link».