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The US Container Security Initiative: A Maritime Transport Security Measure or an (inter)National Public Security Measure?

Math Noortmann ; Erasmus University Rotterdam

International Legal Theory, 2004-04, Vol.10, p.123-143

American Society of International Law

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  • Título:
    The US Container Security Initiative: A Maritime Transport Security Measure or an (inter)National Public Security Measure?
  • Autor: Math Noortmann ; Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Assuntos: appropriateness ; authorities ; constitutes ; consumption ; controlling ; criminal law & procedure ; demonstrated ; governments ; international trade law ; jurisdictions ; reconsidered ; successfully ; transportation
  • É parte de: International Legal Theory, 2004-04, Vol.10, p.123-143
  • Notas: The attack on the Twin Towers has shockingly demonstrated that terrorists no longer hesitate to use' means of public transportation as weapons of mass destruction. Before 9/11 terrorists hijacked and targeted planes, trains and cruise ships in ...
  • Descrição: The attack on the Twin Towers has shockingly demonstrated that terrorists no longer hesitate to use' means of public transportation as weapons of mass destruction. Before 9/11 terrorists hijacked and targeted planes, trains and cruise ships in order to take the passengers and crew as hostages. The actual use of public transportation as a weapon of mass destruction however is something new. 1 In reaction to the 9/11 attacks the United States Government reconsidered the security of air transportation, and also initiated a scheme for the security of maritime transport, in particular container transport. The so-called Container Security Initiative (hereinafter CSI) and the Custom-Trade Partnership against Terrorism (hereinafter C-TPAT) is built on the idea that container transport can only be secure if states, local harbor authorities, shipping companies and producers, became involved in controlling the transport chain which links production and consumption. In order to engage states and local harbor authorities in a security scheme that focuses on outbound cargo rather then incoming containers, a diplomatic effort to create network of bilateral agreements was successfully initiated, including the stationing of U.S. custom officers in foreign jurisdictions. While there is little doubt that means of sea transport, especially container transport, constitutes a potential security threat, opinions differ with respect to the character of that threat as well as on the appropriateness of the means and methods employed by the U.S. Government. The debate on the character of the threat is not merely a matter of ...
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