Migrant Smuggling by Sea

Combating a Current Threat to Maritime Security Through the Creation of a Cooperative Framework
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-18209-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 66, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 638 g

Reihe: Publications on Ocean Development

A number of rules of the international law governing the oceans were created at a time far removed from the challenges of the present day. The principle of the freedom of the high seas and its corollary of flag State exclusivity are archetypical examples of this. Today these rules may appear to be obstacles in the effort to combat a number of contemporary maritime threats such as migrant smuggling by sea. This study examines this multi-faceted threat to maritime security against the backdrop of the current international legal framework and State practice in order to establish whether this threat can be effectively addressed within the existing framework of the law of the sea.

Zielgruppe

Academics and scholars in international maritime law, refugee and immigration law, human rights and humanitarian law, current affairs. Policy-makers, graduate students, educated laymen.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mallia, Patricia

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales See-, Luft- und Weltraumrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Patricia Mallia, BA, LLD, BCL (Oxon), Ph.D. (IMLI) is lecturer and Head of the Department of International Law at the University of Malta. Her research interests focus on the analysis of contemporary maritime threats, primarily piracy and migrant smuggling.