LEGITIMACY OF THE CONTROL MEASURES OF THE MARITIME SECURITY UNDER THE THREAT OF TERRORISM
The article studies the situation arosen around the ratification of the Protocols 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988 and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, 1988. Considering the urgency of the issues of the crime at sea prevention, especially the terrorism and non-proliferation of the weapon of mass destruction (WMD) at sea, the general level of the ratifications of the documents remains low (approximately 39% of the world fleet tonnage). It stresses the unsufficient legitimacy of these documents for the effective struggle against the terrorism and the WMD proliferation.