Prije pet desetljeća akademik Ibler je napisao članak Pravo progona danas. Na pitanja koja je tada, u tom vremenu, autor postavljao međunarodno pravo je uglavnom odgovorilo. Nije izostala ni izravna normativna vrijednost: 1958 pravo progona izričito je priznato u Konvenciji o otvorenom moru iz 1982., u Konvenciji UN-a o pravu mora. Važnost preciziranja svih elemenata prava progona Ibler naglašava zbog istih razloga zbog kojih i mi to činimo danas, 2003. godine u našem istraživanju, a to je činjenica intenziviranih presizanja jednih ribara u područje drugih, ali i međunarodni ugled države. Za Republiku Hrvatsku kao pomorsku državu i njezin mežunarodni ugled od posebne je važnosti da se načinu na koji ona ostvaruje pravo progona i posljedicama progona (zaustavljanju, pregledu, uzapćenju broda te izricanju i izvršenju kazni), ne može opravdano prigovoriti. U središtu pozornosti ovoga teksta je analiza odredbi o progonu brodova i postupak ovlaštenih tijela u kompleksu pravnih vrela RH de lege lata i de lege ferenda, vrijedan analitički pristup ostvarivanju prava progona od strane Ministarstva unutarnjih poslova (posebice imajući u vidu posljedice progona) u razdoblju od 1992. do 2002. godine, te sudska praksa.Five decades ago, academician lbler wrote an article entitled \u27\u27The right of hot pursuit today\u27\u27. Since then, International Law has mostly answered the questions brought up by lbler in those times. Direct normative value has not failed to appear either. Namely, in 1958, the right of hot pursuit was explicitly recognized by the Convention on High Seas, and in 1982, by the United Nations Convention on Maritime
Law. Ibler emphasized the importance of stating precisely all the elements of the right of hot pursuit because of the same reasons which are pointed out in this article today, in 2004. These relate to intensive trespassing of the fishermen of one country into the territory of another and to the international reputation of a state. As far as the Republic of Croatia as a maritime state is concerned, particularly in terms of its international reputation, it is of utmost importance that there are no valid objections to the manner in which Croatia realizes its right of hot pursuit or to the consequences of that hot pursuit (stopping, searching, confiscating a ship, and pronouncing and enforcing penalties). The article focuses on an in-depth analysis of the regulations relating to the hot pursuit of ships and to the actions of authorized bodies in the context of the legal sources of the Republic of Croatia de lege lata and de lege ferenda. The article also presents an analytic approach to the implementation of the right of hot pursuit by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (especially with reference to the consequences of hot pursuit) in the period from 1992 to 2002. An account of the relevant court practice is also included
