55 research outputs found

    The SUA Conventions

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    The full title of the original convention is Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988. It was supplemented from the outset by the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf,1988. The two new Protocols amend the 1988 Convention and the 1988 Protocol respectively

    UN responses to piracy

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    On 26 July 2010, the UN Secretary General (UNSG), following the Security Council's request under S/Res/1918(2010), submitted its report (S/2010/394) on possible options to further the aim of prosecuting and imprisoning persons responsible for acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia. Seven options in total were offere

    Regulation: Navtiliaki Etaria Thasou AE (Case C-128/10) & Amalthia I Navtiki Etaria (Case C-129/10) v Ipourgos Emborikis Nautilias

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    EU law: Freedom to provide services to maritime transport within member States

    Boat people: some legal and practical considerations relating to migration by sea

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    This workshop addresses the topical issue of mixed migration by sea. The first panel considers the legal and moral obligations of rescuing ā€˜boat peopleā€™, including aspects of the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue. It also discusses the related topic of migrant smuggling in the Mediterranean and the EU response to the issue. The second panel focuses on the problem from the perspective of merchant ships which become involved in rescuing migrants at sea, and examines some of the implications in relation to contracts for the carriage of goods by sea and marine insurance. The panel also considers aspects of the human rights of non-nationals in the context of rescue at se
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