Because there is no international court with the jurisdiction to try pirates, they are prosecuted in the domestic courts of whatever nation seizes them.

In the 16 years since the HRA came into force, domestic courts have made 28 "declarations of incompatibility", holding that British laws conflict with the European convention.

In most other Western countries, divorce courts have given up attributing blame. Even domestic violence is often ignored, though it still counts heavily in some jurisdictions, such as Florida.