Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) 18/06/2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau
Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP)
(Ministry of Defence)
WHAT
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) will be co-hosting the 12th Capacity Building workshop with Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre (ISC) on June 19-20, 2019.
- India played an active role in the setting up and functioning of ReCAAPISC along with Japan and Singapore.
- India has hosted this workshop earlier in November 2011 at Goa and December 2017 in New Delhi.
ReCAAP AGREEMENT
The three pillars of co-operation under the ReCAAP agreement are:
- Information sharing
- Capacity building
- Mutual legal assistance
ReCAAP
- The ReCAAP is the first regional Government-to-Government agreement to deal with piracy and armed robbery at sea in Asia.
- The ReCAAP Agreement was launched in November 2006 with14 Asian Contracting Parties including North, Southeast, and South Asian countries.
- It has 20 Contracting Parties today, including Europe (Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom), Australia, and the United States.
- The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ReCAAP ISC) was established in Singapore on November 29, 2006.
- At the 12th Governing Council Meeting in 2018, the Council announced that ReCAAP ISC has met the criteria to be a Centre of Excellence for information sharing in combating piracy and armed robbery against ships at sea.
ICS
- An ISC has been established in Singapore to collate and disseminate the information among the contracting parties and the maritime community.
- Capacity building workshop is organized annually by the ISC and is co-hosted by one of the contracting parties.
- The main objective of this workshop is to share the updated situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia and the best practices of Asian countries.
- The workshop also aims to deepen the knowledge of participants on various issues related to piracy and armed robberies such as international laws, prosecution process, forensics, and emerging threats.
Source: PIB
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