This article will examine the issue of piracy and how the prohibition of piracy developed in international law from the 19th century onwards. The campaigns against piracy in the 19th century influenced the development of international law into the 21st century with the prohibition on piracy achieving the status of peremptory norm ‘ jus cogens ’ under international law. The anti-piracy campaign of the British led to the signing of treaties which, although ostensibly designed to prohibit the trade, had the effect of consolidating British power and influence over the Gulf States and furthered imperial interests there. The campaign also further contributed to the notion of the ‘civilising mission’. The legacy of the campaigns reverberate in the contemporary debates about piracy, particularly in relation to the so-called pirates who operate off the west coast of Africa.

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海盗与帝国：反海盗运动，国际法的发展和英国皇室

本文将探讨盗版问题以及自19世纪以来国际法如何禁止盗版。19世纪的反海盗运动影响了国际法进入21世纪的发展，禁止海盗在国际法中获得强制性规范“强制法”的地位。英国的反海盗运动导致签署了条约，这些条约虽然表面上旨在禁止贸易，但其结果是巩固了英国对海湾国家的权力和影响力，并促进了那里的帝国利益。该运动还进一步促进了“文明使命”的概念。这些运动的遗产在当代有关盗版的辩论中得到了回响，