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2025-06-09 15:50:42 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6230F12399FA8AF7F49607F88EB0FEA10290A14623A9F35FD4EDB4482D7EC9EE
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Under International law it was legal to intercept the boat. Section 67A of the San Remo Manual on International Law gives sovereign states... The right to intercept vehicles that are “believed on reasonable grounds to be carrying contraband OR breaching a blockade” https://iihl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SAN-REMO-MANUAL-on-INTERNATIONAL-LAW-APPLICABLE-TO-ARMED-CONFLICTS-AT-SEA-2.pdf
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