Protection of Human Life at Sea in International Law

Rescuing Maritime Migrants
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-94008-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Law and Migration

The law of the sea imposes a long-established duty to rescue persons in distress, which connotes one of the most important tools in safeguarding safety of life at sea. Other rules of international law, namely, international human rights and refugee law also come into play in drawing the legal parameters for the conduct of rescue operations.  

This book exposes the human rights violations against migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea, critiques the inadequate European legal responses, and strongly advocates for the development of a framework for operationalising the protection of human rights – and life – at sea. It combines theory and practice in which philosophical theories of rights are applied to create a framework for legal analysis and the development of practical legal standards. The study presents an innovative evaluation of selected judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and other international human rights bodies pertaining to complex questions of extraterritorial jurisdiction and State human rights responsibilities. 

The book will be of interest to all those engaging with migration and security studies, international human rights scholarship, international law of the sea, refugee and migration law and legal philosophy, whether generalist or specialist.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Papachristodoulou, Aphrodite

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Giovanni Bonello, former judge of the European Court of Human Rights;  Introduction;  1. Irregular Migration in the Mediterranean Sea;  2. The Duty to Render Assistance to Persons in Distress and the Search and Rescue Regime under International Law of the Sea;  3. The Right to Life under International Human Rights Law;  4. Recognizing a Right to be Rescued at Sea;  5. A Functional Understanding of Human Rights Jurisdiction;  6. The Place Where We Stand;  Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Aphrodite Papachristodoulou is affiliated to the Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law of the University of Galway, Ireland where she completed a two-year NUI Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities. She is an academic and a human rights litigator.