Border Deaths At Sea Under the Right to Life in the European - Convention on Human Right

This book focuses on border deaths at sea and unravels how the interplay of the law of the sea and rules on jurisdiction widen the opportunity for states to make and enforce rules outside their territory. It questions whether this is also accompanied with an obligation to respect the right to life under the ECHR when doing so.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Do European Immigration Policies Cause Border Deaths? 3. The Legal Landscape of Border Deaths at Sea 4. Application of the ECHR to the Extraterritorial Effects of Immigration Policies 5. The Right to Life and Extraterritorial Effects of Immigration Policies 6. Conclusion

About the author

Lisa-Marie Komp is Lecturer at the VU Amsterdam and Attorney at Law (international law and human rights) at Prakken d'Oliveira Human Rights Lawyers, The Netherlands.

Summary

This book focuses on border deaths at sea and unravels how the interplay of the law of the sea and rules on jurisdiction widen the opportunity for states to make and enforce rules outside their territory. It questions whether this is also accompanied with an obligation to respect the right to life under the ECHR when doing so.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa-Marie Komp, Lisa-Marie (Vu Amsterdam Komp
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032271316
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227131-6
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Routledge Studies in Human Rights
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Human Rights, Society & culture: general, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / International, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Jurisprudence & general issues, Society and culture: general, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Jurisprudence and general issues, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Asylum Law