Piracy at sea has in recent years reappeared as a growing conundrum for the stability and safety of international trade. The Council of Europe attempts to address this endemic problem in two recently adopted documents. First, its Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has on 28 April 2010 adopted Resolution 1722 entitled piracy – a crime and a challenge for democracies. The resolution derives from an earlier report drafted by Mrs Birgen Keleş (Socialist Group). The Resolution 1722 calls on COE member states to: 15.1. modernise and develop a common and more relevant domestic legal framework in order to criminalise the act of piracy…