Sea — High seas — Piracy — Somali nationals charged with offences of piracy and attempting to commit piracy — Sections 65 and 377 of Seychelles Penal Code — Whether offence of piracy under Section 65(4)(a) of Penal Code — Whether acts of violence, depredation or detention directed against the Draco — Whether offence of attempting to commit piracy under Section 65(3) read with Sections 23 and 377 of Penal Code — Whether vessels pirate ships as defined by Section 65(5) of Penal Code — Whether evidence of common intention as required by Section 23 of Penal Code — Whether evidence satisfying elements of Section 377 of Penal Code — Whether offence of piracy under Section 65(4)(b) of Penal Code — Whether act of voluntary participation in operation of a ship with knowledge of facts making it a pirate ship — Whether offences proved beyond reasonable doubt — Draco flying flag of Seychelles — Whether accused guilty of piracy offences — Seychelles Penal Code

Jurisdiction — Universal jurisdiction — Piracy — Pirate enemy of all mankind — Hostishumani generis — Pirate committing crime on high seas — Pirate placing himself beyond protection of any State — Whether accused guilty of piracy offences — Seychelles Penal Code

Relationship of international law and municipal law — International law principles — Universal jurisdiction — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 — Seychelles Penal Code, Section 65 as amended in 2010 — Whether accused guilty of piracy offences — The law of the Seychelles