The Influence of the Decisions of the European Court of Human Rightson EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia

Autores/as

  • Daniel Rey Moral Legal Advisor in the Spanish Navy Headquarters. Spanish Legal Advisor to EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia from August to December 2017

Palabras clave:

EUNAVFORMED Sophia, Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy, European Court Human Rights, Trafficking of Migrants, UNCLOS, SOLAS

Resumen

Operation Sophia was launched in 2015 with the main goalof eradicating migrant smuggling and human trafficking from Libya. The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italyrequired the migrants given aid at sea to disembark in Italy.The lack of progresson the missionas a consequence of due respect for international law, in addition to Italian attitudestowardsthe influx of migrants, resulted in the end of the mission’s maritime operation as it was initially conceived.

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Publicado

2019-12-31

Número

Vol. 23 (2019)

Sección

General Articles

Licencia

Derechos de autor 2023 Spanish Yearbook of International Law

Creative Commons License

Esta obra está bajo una licencia internacional Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0.

Cómo citar

The Influence of the Decisions of the European Court of Human Rightson EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia. (2019). Spanish Yearbook of International Law, 23. https://www.sybil.es/sybil/article/view/275