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Drowning Migrants in the Mediterranean and the ICCPR, Again

April 26, 2021

Last week 130 migrants perished off the coast of Libya, as their rubber boat capsized in the stormy Mediterranean. Some 750 migrants have died this year in trying…

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The ‘Open Arms’ case: Reconciling the notion of ‘place of safety’ with the human rights of migrants

May 21, 2018

The work of the NGOs rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean Sea has been the subject of much controversy. One of the most recent cases regards…

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High Risk, High Reward: Taking the Question of Italy’s Involvement in Libyan ‘Pullback’ Policies to the European Court of Human Rights

May 14, 2018

The mere filing of a case is rarely a reason for legal commentary but in this particular case, it may well be. A few days ago, a broad-based…

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Time to Investigate European Agents for Crimes against Migrants in Libya

March 29, 2018

In March 2011, the ICC Office of the Prosecutor of the international criminal court opened its investigation into the situation in Libya, following a referral by the…

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The Legal and Political Feasibility of the EU’s Planned ‘War on Smuggling’ in Libya

June 10, 2015

Introduction On 19 April 2015, after a series of deadly shipwrecks, over 800 migrants perished when their smuggling boats, boarded in the Libyan port Zuwara,…

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The Situation Concerning the Islamic State: Carte Blanche for the ICC if the Security Council Refers?

May 27, 2015

At a meeting of the UN Security Council held on 27 March 2015, the possibility of a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) of the situation…

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