The Legal Framework for International Cooperation in Maritime Enforcement Activities.

该项目将分析国际框架中的差距，以实现海事执法方面的合作，并就改进现有立法安排提出建议，以促进成功打击国际海上犯罪活动。该项目是及时的，因为它满足了一些长期存在的国家要求，即提高澳大利亚在其整个海洋管辖区充分执行其主权权利的能力。鉴于最近发生的事件，其中涉及的问题具有更大的当代意义，包括走私到澳大利亚的非法人口激增，高度有组织的犯罪集团在澳大利亚南大洋专属经济区的非法捕鱼活动增加，以及与海上恐怖主义有关的紧张局势加剧。

The Project will analyse the gaps in the international framework to achieve cooperation in maritime enforcement and make recommendations for improvements to existing legislative arrangements to facilitate successful combat of international maritime criminal activity.The Project is timely because it addresses some long-standing national requirements to improve Australia's ability to adequately enforce its sovereign rights throughout its maritime zones of jurisdiction. The issues involved have taken on a greater contemporary significance in light of recent events, including the surge in illegal people smuggling into Australia, increased illegal fishing activity in Australia's Southern Ocean exclusive economic zone by highly organized criminal syndicates and heightened tensions with regard to maritime terrorism.