The Situation Concerning the Islamic State: Carte Blanche for the ICC if the...
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 relating to the so-called Islamic State (IS aka...
View ArticleThe Legal and Political Feasibility of the EU’s Planned ‘War on Smuggling’ in...
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, capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. The...
View ArticleTime to Investigate European Agents for Crimes against Migrants in Libya
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 UN Security Council. The...
View ArticleHigh Risk, High Reward: Taking the Question of Italy’s Involvement in Libyan...
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 coalition consisting of NGOs and scholars, led by the Global...
View ArticleThe ‘Open Arms’ case: Reconciling the notion of ‘place of safety’ with the...
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 the NGO Proactiva Open Arms: it has been accused of...
View ArticleDrowning Migrants in the Mediterranean and the ICCPR, Again
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 to make the crossing. (See here for...
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