Trial of piracy defendants in the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Today, the phenomenon of modern piracy is considered as one of the major challenges in international waterways. The international community has not been able to effectively counter this phenomenon, despite the ongoing efforts to prosecute the perpetrators in domestic courts. One of the potential solutions recently introduced is the International Criminal Court (ICC) for piracy. This research seeks to answer these questions that given the crisis created by the pirates' return to international waterways, what are the challenges or challenges to the current jurisdiction of International criminal court to prosecute piracy defendants? And then what are the solutions or solutions to these challenges and obstacles? The present study is a descriptive and analytical study using library tools to investigate the topic and find an answer to the above question. Generally speaking, although the prosecution of piracy offenders in the International Criminal Court(ICC) can be considered a long-term positive impact, it is also internationally challenged, with challenges such as the failure to mention piracy in the statute, Lack of legal capacity, location relevance, and high financial costs are some of the challenges that this research is trying to address.