In 2012, pirates are still rampant on the seas. While we thought them to be moribund or embedded in the mass of terrorists, pirates have made a marked resurgence in the international and legal concerns. The challenge is to adapt the consensual and flexible, international law, to obligations inevitably arising from the repression of an international offense. The task is difficult, because it is a search for a balance between a binding (and effective) legal order, and the protection of state interests, pillar of international law. It is therefore necessary to approach the revival of piracy from different angles: • first, identifying the characteristics of the « new » piracy, which has managed to integrate technical progress in a classic patt...