Institutional Links
International Maritime Organization (IMO): www.imo.org
International labour Organisation (ILO) www.ilo.org
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) www.itfglobal.org
Human Rights Watch: www.hrw.org
Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org
No Peace Without Justice: http://www.npwj.org
UN Oceans and Law of the Sea: http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm
UN High Commissioner for Refugees: www.unhcr.org
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC): http://www.business-humanrights.org
British Maritime Law Association: www.bmla.org.uk
Comité Maritime International: www.comitemaritime.org
International Foundation for the Law of the Sea: www.iflos.org
100 Series Rules for the Use of Force: https://100seriesrules.com
UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child: http://www.unicef.org.uk/UNICEFs-Work/Our-mission/UN-Convention
Children’s Rights and Business Principles: http://childrenandbusiness.org
ISO 2600 Social Responsibility: http://www.iso.org/iso/discovering_iso_26000.pdf
ISO and social responsibility: http://www.iso.org/iso/socialresponsibility.pdf
ICRC IHL database: https://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/home
ICRC Treaties and States Parties to such Treaties database: https://www.icrc.org/ihl
Human Rights in the Gulf Region
Useful links on Institutes and Academic Papers:
http://www.gc4hr.org/page/about_us
https://www.ciaonet.org/attachments/21690/uploads
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/united-arab-emirates
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/iran
http://www.marsafelawjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Issue3_Article_GALANI.pdf
Slavery at Sea
International Instruments
Agreement on port state measures to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2009), http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/legal/docs/1_037t-e.pdf
ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (Entry into force: 20 Aug 2013; ) http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:91:0
ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C029
ILO Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C105
ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO:12100:P12100_ILO_CODE:C138
ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO:12100:P12100_INSTRUMENT_ID:312327:NO
Council of Europe, European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as amended by Protocols Nos. 11 and 14, 4 November 1950, ETS 5, Article 4(1)available at:https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3b04.html
www. Parliament. Uk Bill Documents – Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill [HL] 2017-19 https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/modernslaveryvictimsupport/documents.html
UN General Assembly, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 December 1966, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 999, p. 171, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3aa0.html
UN General Assembly, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 December 1948, 217 A (III)
Slavery Referral texts and other publications
The World Bank, Documents and Reports, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery, and Economic Exploitation (English) (2019) http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/208471468174880847/Human-trafficking-modern-day-slavery-and-economic-exploitation
Mutaqin, Zezen. (2018). Modern-day Slavery at Sea: Human Trafficking in the Thai Fishing Industry. Journal of East Asia and International Law. 11. 75-76. 10.14330/jeail.2018.11.1.04.
Greenpeace guidance for the seafood industry and government, ‘Slavery and Labour Abuse in the Fishing Sector’ (2014)
UK Government, ‘Explanatory Notes – Modern Slavery Act 2015’
http://legislation.data.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/30/notes/data.htm?wrap=true
ILO, ‘Final report “ILO expert workshop on Measuring Modern Slavery” ‘ (2015)
http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/publications/WCMS_390001/lang–en/index.htm
ILO, ‘Forced and compulsory labour in international human rights law’ (2015)
http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/publications/WCMS_342966/lang–en/index.htm
https://www.antislaverycommissioner.co.uk/media/1164/iasc_annual-report-16-17-web.pdf
Anti- Slavery, What is Modern Slavery 1)https://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/
2)https://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/modern-slavery/
UNCHR, Slavery Convention (1927) in Accordance with Aricle 12
https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/slaveryconvention.aspx
ILO, ‘Report: Methodology of the Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage (2017)
https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/publications/WCMS_586127/lang–en/index.htm
The Global Slavery Index, ‘Modern Slavery: A hidden Everyday Problem’
https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/
Human Rights Watch, ‘Australia Starts Tackling Modern Slavery’’ (2019) https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/01/09/australia-starts-tackling-modern-slavery
Stoyanova V, Human Trafficking and Slavery Reconsidered: Conceptual Limits and States’ Positive Obligations in European Law(Cambridge University Press 2017) https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/human-trafficking-and-slavery-reconsidered/558DA69CC257F039AEE0BD73823FA53
Briefing Paper of the European Parliament and the Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union: http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/addressing-contemporary-forms-of-slavery-in-eu-external-policy-pbBB0113823/?CatalogCategoryID=cOwKABstC3oAAAEjeJEY4e5
ILO report “Caught at sea: Forced labour and trafficking in fisheries” http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/publications/WCMS_214472/lang–en/index.htm
Sold to the Sea: Human Trafficking in Thailand’s Fishing Industry (EJF film), ISBN 978-1-904523-29-1, publication date: 29. May 2013
Slavery at Sea: The Continued Plight of Trafficked Migrants in Thailand’s Fishing Industry (EJF film), ISBN 978-1-904523-34-5, publication date: 4 May 2014
An introduction to transnational criminal law / Neil Boister, Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN: 978-0-19-163201-3
The Slavery Conventions : the travaux préparatoires of the 1926 League of Nations convention and the 1956 United Nations convention / by Jean Allain, Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, c2008, http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/9789047429968
Human Trafficking International Instruments
The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) (Palermo Convention) http://www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNTOC/Publications/TOC%20Convention/TOCebook-e.pdf
The United Nations protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children, supplementing the united nations convention against transnational organized crime http://www.uncjin.org/Documents/Conventions/dcatoc/final_documents_2/convention_%20traff_eng.pdf
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air http://www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNTOC/Publications/TOC%20Convention/TOCebook-e.pdf
UN: Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, entered into force in 1957 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/SupplementaryConventionAbolitionOfSlavery.aspx
ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (Entry into force: 20 Aug 2013) http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:91:0
ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C029
ILO Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C105
ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO:12100:P12100_ILO_CODE:C138
ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO:12100:P12100_INSTRUMENT_ID:312327:NO
Council of EuropeConvention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings(CETS No. 197) http://www.conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=197&CM=1&CL=ENG
European Convention on Human Rightshttp://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Convention_ENG.pdf
Council Dierective 2004/81/EC http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32004L0081:EN:HTML
EU Directive 2011/36/EU, (Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:101:0001:0011:EN:PDF
In 2003 the OSCE established an anti-trafficking mechanism aimed at raising public awareness of the problem and building the political will within participating States to tackle it effectively. The OSCE actions against human trafficking are coordinated by the Office of the Special Representative for Combating the Traffic of Human Beingshttp://www.osce.org/secretariat/trafficking
Referral texts and other publications
UNODC Issue Paper: Smuggling of Migrants by Sea (2011) http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Migrant-Smuggling/Issue-Papers/Issue_Paper_-_Smuggling_of_Migrants_by_Sea.pdf
UNODC: transnational organized crime in the fishing industry http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Issue_Paper_-_TOC_in_the_Fishing_Industry.pdf
UNODC: Global report on trafficking in persons (2012) http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/glotip/Trafficking_in_Persons_2012_web.pdf
UNODC: Compendium on best practices on human trafficking by law enforcement agencies: http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/India_Training_material/Compendium_of_Best_Practices_by_Law_Enforcement_Agencies.pdf
UNODC: Countering Trafficking in Persons in Conflict Situation (2018): https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/2018/17-08776_ebook-Countering_Trafficking_in_Persons_in_Conflict_Situations.pdf
UNODC: The International Legal Definition of Trafficking in Persons: Consolidation of research findings and reflection on issues raised (2018) https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/2018/Issue_Paper_International_Definition_TIP.pdf
UNODC: Human trafficking Knowledge Portal: Case Law Database https://sherloc.unodc.org/cld/v3/htms/cldb/index.html?lng=en
Migrants and Refugees International instruments
The 1951 United NationsConvention Relating to the Status of Refugees; also referred to as the Geneva
Convention http://www.unhcr.org/3b66c2aa10.pdf
The 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees http://www.unhcr.org/3b66c2aa10.pdf
The 1969 OAU Convention Governingthe Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa http://www.unhcr.org/45dc1a682.html
EU regulation No 604/2013 (Dublin Regulation III) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:180:0031:0059:EN:PDF
EU regulation No 1052/2013, establishing the European
Border Surveillance System (Eurosur) http://frontex.europa.eu/assets/Legal_basis/Eurosur_Regulation_2013.pdf
IMO Resolution A.920(22) http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Facilitation/IllegalMigrants/Documents/Resolution%20A.920%2822%29.pdf
Resolution MSC.153(78), adoption of amendments to SOLAS http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Facilitation/IllegalMigrants/Documents/Resolution%20MSC.153%2878%29-MSC%2078.pdf
Resolution MSC.155(78), adoption of amendments to SAR http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Facilitation/IllegalMigrants/Documents/Resolution%20MSC.155-%2078.pdf
MSC Guidelines on the treatment of persons rescued at sea http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Facilitation/IllegalMigrants/Documents/MSC.167%2878%29.pdf
Referral texts and other publications
IOM, ‘World Migration Report 2018’. (2018https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/wmr_2018_en.pdf
European Migrant Crisis: Mediterranean Crossings deadlier than Ever- UNCHR https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45395468
Latest Issues- The Refugee Brief (1 March 2019) https://www.unhcr.org/refugeebrief/latest-issues/
Deflagging of Refugee Rescue Ship ‘a Dark Moment for Europe’ (12 February 2019) https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/feb/12/deflagging-refugee-rescue-ship-aquarius-a-dark-moment-for-europe
Refugee Crisis: 2016 on Course to Be Deadliest Year on Record as Thousands of Asylum Seekers Drown in Mediterranean (30 July 2016) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-2016-on-course-to-be-deadliest-year-on-record-as-thousands-of-asylum-seekers-drown-in-a7164271.html
The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 25/2016 (28 June 2016) https://openmigration.org/en/web-review/the-10-best-articles-on-refugees-and-migration-252016/
Year in Review: The Refugee Crisis in 2016 (29 December 2016) https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/12/29/year-in-review-the-refugee-crisis-in-2016
EU Migrant Crisis: Facts and Figures (30 June 2017) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20170629STO78630/eu-migrant-crisis-facts-and-figures
The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration1/2017 (10 January 2017) https://openmigration.org/en/web-review/the-10-best-articles-on-refugees-and-migration-12017/
Europe’s Migrant Crisis isn’t Going Away, but it is Changing (29 August 2017) https://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/17/europe/mediterranean-migrant-crisis-2017/index.html
Top 20 Facts about Refugees and People Seeking Asylum (2018)
Syrian Refugees: Four Million People Forced to Flee as Crisis Deepens (9 July 2015) https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jul/09/syria-refugees-4-million-people-flee-crisis-deepens
Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Europe: Children on the Move September 2015-December 2016 (23 September 2015) https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/refugee-and-migrant-crisis-europe-children-move-september-2015-december
Over One Million Migrants and Refugees have Reached Europe this Year, Says IOM (22 December 2015) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/22/one-million-migrants-and-refugees-have-reached-europe-this-year-iom
Europe’s Refugee and Migrant Crisis in 2016. In numbers (5 December 2016) https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/12/europes-refugee-and-migrant-crisis-in-2016-in-numbers
https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/topfacts
Spain’s Immigration Problem: Out of Which Comes a Story About Princesa (17 August 2014): http://www.latinpost.com/articles/19404/20140817/www-google-com.htm
Spain Suspects Morocco Allowed a Brief Flood of Migrants (15 August 2014): http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/world/europe/spain-suspects-morocco-allowed-a-brief-flood-of-migrants.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone
Italy: EU Must Take Over Migrant Boat Rescues (15 August 2014): http://www.thelocal.it/20140815/italy-urges-eu-to-take-over-migrant-boat-rescues
By Sea And By Ladder, Africans Seek Entry to Spain (14 Aug 2014): http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/world/europe/by-sea-and-by-ladder-africans-seek-entry-to-spain.html?action=click&contentCollection=Europe&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=Marginalia&pgtype=article
Greece Seeks EC Influence to Tackle Surge in Illegal Migrants (14 August 2014): http://www.seatrade-global.com/news/europe/greece-seeks-ec-influence-to-tackle-surge-in-illegal-migrants.html
Record Number of Migrants Arriving in Italy and Spain as Madrid Blames Morocco (13 August 2014): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/11031175/Record-number-of-migrants-arriving-in-Italy-and-Spain-as-Madrid-blames-Morocco.html
Frontex Presses On With Aerial Surveillance Projects (12 August 2014): http://www.statewatch.org/news/2014/aug/frontex-aerial-surveillance.htm
Migrants Head For Spain In Boats (12 August 2014): http://www.dw.de/migrants-head-for-spain-in-boats/a-17848470
Boat Migrant Arrivals to Italy Up 500 Percent in 2014 (12 August 2014): http://reliefweb.int/report/italy/boat-migrant-arrivals-italy-500-percent-2014
Conditions for Asylum Seekers Worsen in Libya (7 August 2014): http://www.asmarino.com/articles/3857-conditions-for-asylum-seekers-worsen-in-libya
Concern Mounts For Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Libya (5 August 2014): http://reliefweb.int/report/libya/concern-mounts-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-libya
Migration and Public Health in Europe (4 August 2014): http://www.scienceonthenet.eu/content/article/cristina-da-rold/migration-and-public-health-europe/august-2014
Pressure on Greece’s Border With Turkey Mounts As More Refugees Flee Middle East (2 August 2014): http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_02/08/2014_541909
Eritrean Migrants Risk Detentions and Beatings in Libya for a Life in Europe (1 August 2014): http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/01/eritrean-migrants-detention-beating-libya-europe
EU Must ‘Take Urgent Action’ To Ensure Safety Of Refugees (31 July 2014): https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/eu-must-take-urgent-action-ensure-safety-refugees
People Before Borders (29 July 2014): http://www.globalissues.org/news/2014/07/29/19820
The Missed Opportunity of the “Ypres Guidelines” of the European Council Regarding Immigration and Asylum (29 July 2014): http://blogs.eui.eu/migrationpolicycentre/the-missed-opportunity-of-the-ypres-guidelines-of-the-european-council-regarding-immigration-and-asylum
Stopping the Wave of Asylum Seekers Means Fixing Libya (29 July 2014): http://euobserver.com/opinion/125139
Prioritising Border Control Over Human Lives: Violations Of The Rights Of Migrants and Refugees At Sea (28 July 2014): http://www.euromedrights.org/eng/2014/06/28/prioritising-border-control-over-human-lives-violations-of-the-rights-of-migrants-and-refugees-at-sea
Better Management of Dead and Missing Migrants Needed In Europe (28 July 2014): http://www.irinnews.org/report/100403/better-management-of-dead-and-missing-migrants-needed-in-europe
First Privately Funded Refugee Rescue Operation Sets Sale From Malta in August (28 July 2014): http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/first-privately-funded-refugee-rescue-operation-sets-sail-from-malta-in-august-9633091.html
Tracing Dead Migrants in Europe (28 July 2014): http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2014/07/tracing-dead-migrants-in-europe-3001544.html
Refugees Must Have Safe Access To Europe (26 July 2014): http://www.dw.de/refugees-must-have-safe-access-to-europe/a-17809981
Urgent EU Action Needed to End Refugee and Migrant Deaths at Sea, says UNHCR (25 July 2014): http://www.africa-news.eu/immigration-news/italy/6203-urgent-eu-action-needed-to-end-refugee-and-migrant-deaths-at-sea-says-unhcr.html
Mediterranean Boat People Numbers Soar This Year (24 July 2014): http://www.worldbulletin.net/haber/141301/mediterranean-boat-people-numbers-soar-this-year
UNHCR Calls For Urgent European Action to End Refugee and Migrant Deaths at Sea (24 July 2014):http://reliefweb.int/report/italy/unhcr-calls-urgent-european-action-end-refugee-and-migrant-deaths-sea
EU Grapples With Smugglers As People Fleeing Conflict Face Torture (23 July 2014): http://euobserver.com/justice/125074
EU Solidarity For Rescue-At-Sea and Protection of Refugees and Migrants (22 July 2014): http://www.unhcr.org/531990199.pdf
Boldrini Wants Asylum Requests Allowed in Transit Countries (22 July 2014): http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2014/07/22/boldrini-wants-asylum-requests-allowed-in-transit-countries_7a535a79-0a47-493f-81d3-c3d9524905e3.html
19 Migrants Suffocate On Boat to Italy (19 July 2014): http://www.worldbulletin.net/haber/140989/19-migrants-suffocate-on-boat-to-italy
Bulgaria Under Fire Over Anti-Refugee Border Fence (17 July 2014): http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bulgaria-under-fire-over-anti-refugee-border-fence.aspx?pageID=238&nID=69269&NewsCatID=351
Lives at the Southern Borders (17 July 2014): https://jrseurope.org/assets/Regions/EUR/media/files/lives_at_the_southern_borders.pdf
Italy Rescues More Than 1700 Boat Migrants In Three Days (16 July 2014): http://www.worldbulletin.net/world/140757/italy-rescues-more-than-1700-boat-migrants-in-three-days
Lost at Sea (16 July 2014): http://www.bu.edu/law/faculty/scholarship/workingpapers/LostAtSea.html
Europe’s Migration Emergency (14 July 2014): http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/opinion/europes-migration-emergency.html
No One Deserves To Die At Sea (13 July 2014): http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/interview/41131/watch_no_one_deserves_to_die_at_sea#.U_IG1YBdV7R
Maiziere: EU Must Help Refugees At The Source (11 July 2014): http://www.dw.de/maiziere-eu-must-help-refugees-at-the-source/a-17773504
Portugal Adopts New Asylum Legislation Transposing EU Asylum Directives (11 July 2014): http://www.ecre.org/component/content/article/70-weekly-bulletin-articles/785-portugal-adopts-new-asylum-legislation-transposing-eu-asylum-directives.html
Italy In Talks With EU To Share Responsibility For Migrants (9 July 2014): http://www.worldbulletin.net/haber/140308/italy-in-talks-with-eu-to-share-responsibility-for-migrants
The Human Cost of the Fortress of Europe (9 July 2014): http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR05/001/2014/en/48cb6136-cefc-4fd0-96cd-cd43b46eb5a8/eur050012014en.pdf
EU Migration Policies Put Lives and Rights at Risk (9 July 2014): http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/eu-migration-policies-put-lives-and-rights-risk-2014-07-09
Refugees Shouldn’t Be Italy’s Burden Alone (8 July 2014): http://online.wsj.com/articles/italys-refugee-problem-1404847685
Latest Boat Tragedy Off Libya Adds To Rising Death Toll In Mediterranean (8 July 2014): http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/search?page=search&docid=53bbc6b09&query=libya
Growing Refugee Numbers Call For EU Solidarity (8 July 2014): http://www.dw.de/growing-refugee-numbers-call-for-eu-solidarity/a-1776844
‘Open Legal Routes to Refugees’: Malmstrom (8 July 2014): http://www.thelocal.it/20140708/we-must-open-legal-routes-to-refugees-malmstrom
81 Migrants Reported Dead Or Missing On Sea Route To Italy (3 July 2014): http://www.worldbulletin.net/haber/139939/81-migrants-reported-dead-or-missing-on-sea-route-to-italy
The Effect Of Negative Labelling – Why Are We Still Talking About ‘Migrants’? (1 July 2014): http://migrantsatsea.org/2014/07/01/guest-post-the-effect-of-negative-labelling-why-are-we-still-talking-about-migrants
Strengthening EU Border Security Won’t Stop the Deaths of Migrants in the Mediterranean (1 July 2014): http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2014/07/01/strengthening-eu-border-security-wont-stop-the-deaths-of-migrants-in-the-mediterranean
Does EU Have Political Will to Stop Deaths in the Mediterranean Sea? (1 July 2014): http://www.africa-news.eu/immigration-news/italy/6166-does-eu-have-political-will-to-stop-deaths-in-the-mediterranean-sea.html
Whose Sea? Mare Nostrum and the Politics of Migration in the Med (30 June 2014): http://nandosigona.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/whose-sea-mare-nostrum-and-the-politics-of-migration-in-the-med
Refugees Or Migrants? (27 June 2014): http://www.nai.uu.se/news/articles/2014/06/27/104657
New EU Rules on Maritime Surveillance: Will They Stop the Deaths and Push-Backs in the Mediterranean? (27 June 2014): http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/new-eu-rules-on-maritime-surveillance.html
Europe and the Refugees (21 June 2014): http://blog.nohatespeechmovement.org/europe-and-the-refugees
Guards Drive Back African Migrants at Morocco-Spain Border (14 June 2014): http://www.dw.de/guards-drive-back-african-migrants-at-morocco-spain-border/a-17707637
EU Must Establish Common ‘Safe’ and ‘Regular’ Migration Paths (13 June 2014): http://www.apc-cza.org/en/component/content/article/8-vesti/558-eu-must-establish-common-safe-and-regular-migration-paths.html
Italy: Refugees ‘Left Stranded and Starving’ in Rome and Milan (11 June 2014): http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/italy-refugees-left-stranded-starving-rome-milan-1452233
Why Figures Matter (10 June 2014): http://protectiongateway.com/2014/06/10/why-figures-matter
The ‘Left-To-Die Boat’: Actions and Reactions (9 June 2014): http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/X2H-Xref-ViewPDF.asp?FileID=20940&lang=en
US Amphibious Assault Ship Rescues Illegal Migrants in Mediterranean, Brings More Problems For Beleaguered Malta (8 June 2014): http://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/us-amphibious-assault-ship-rescues-illegal-migrants-in-mediterranean-brings-more-problems-for-beleaguered-malta
EU Home Affairs Ministers Urged to Open Legal Channels For Refugees and Migrants (6 June 2014):http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8e3ebd297b1510becc6d6d690&id=49ecabdeb3#jha
Italy’s Forgotten Refugees (5 June 2014): http://inthesetimes.com/article/16800/italys_forgotten_refugees
Holding Centres Will Not Stop Migrants Risking Their Lives Off Europe’s Shores (4 June 2014): http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/04/holding-centres-migrants-risking-lives-europe-boat
UN Considers Holding Centres for Refugees to Prevent Deaths at Sea (4 June 2014): http://voiceofrussia.com/uk/news/2014_06_04/UN-considers-holding-centres-for-refugees-to-prevent-deaths-at-sea-5969/
UN Considers Establishing Refugees’ Centres in North Africa and Middle East (4 June 2014): http://www.eepa.be/wcm/320-eepa-news-and-activities/3522-un-considers-establishing-refugees-centres-in-north-africa-and-middle-east.html
Immigration: A Policy Failure At All Levels (3 June 2014): http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=84987
Europe Faces ‘Colosssal Humanitarian Catastrophe Of Refugees Dying At Sea (2 June 2014): http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/02/europe-refugee-crisis-un-africa-processing-centres
Voices From Europe’s Deadliest Journey (2 June 2014): http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/02/voices-from-europes-deadliest-journey
EMHRN Position on Refugees From Syria (June 2014): http://www.euromedrights.org/eng/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/EMHRN-Position-on-Refugees-from-Syria_FINAL-EN.pdf
Strengthening Refugee Protection and Meeting Challenges: The European Union’s Next Steps on Asylum (June 2014): http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/strengthening-refugee-protection-and-meeting-challenges-european-unions-next-steps-asylum
Future EU Policy Development on Immigration and Asylum: Understanding the Challenge (June 2014): http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/future-eu-policy-development-immigration-and-asylum-understanding-challenge
Going West: Contemporary Mixed Migration Trends from the Horn of Africa to Libya and Europe (June 2014): http://www.regionalmms.org/fileadmin/content/rmms_publications/Going_West_migration_trends_Libya___Europe_final.pdf
Missing in the Mediterranean (June 2014): http://moreintelligentlife.co.uk/content/features/caroline-moorehead/lost-mediterranean?page=full
European Agency Reports Surge in Illegal Migration, Fuelling a Debate (30 May 2014): http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/world/europe/european-border-agency-reports-surge-in-illegal-migration.html
Understanding the Surge in Migrant Boat Crossings in Europe (29 May 2014): http://www.irinnews.org/report/100149/understanding-the-surge-in-migrant-boat-crossings-to-europe
Migrants Reach Spanish Enclave (28 May 2014): http://www.dw.de/migrants-reach-europe-via-melilla/a-17667465
The EU Lacks a Migration Policy (20 May 2014): http://euranetplus-inside.eu/the-eu-lacks-a-migration-policy
Her Job? To Welcome Boat Migrants Landing at Sicily’s Ports (20 May 2014): http://passblue.com/2014/05/20/her-job-to-welcome-the-boat-migrants-landing-at-sicilys-ports
Refugee Protection In Europe: A Proposal For Burden-Sharing (19 May 2014): http://www.eutopiamagazine.eu/en/eiko-thielemann/issue/refugee-protection-europe-proposal-burden-sharing
Will Europe Let More Refugees And Migrants Die At Sea? (15 May 2014): http://www.sos-europe-amnesty.eu/will-europe-let-more-refugees-and-migrants-die-at-sea-blog/
Refugees At Sea ‘Is Not An Italian Problem’: Shared EU Responsibility In The Mediterranean Crisis (8 May 2014): http://spititoutblog.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/refugees-at-sea-is-not-an-italian-problem-shared-eu-responsibility-in-the-mediterranean-crisis/
Europe Needs More Solidarity to Cope With the Challenge of Immigration (2 May 2014): http://juncker.epp.eu/news/europe-needs-more-solidarity-cope-challenge-immigration
Supporting Immigrant Integration in Europe? Developing the Governance of Diaspora Engagement (May 2014): http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigrant-integration-europe-developing-governance-diaspora-engagement
Europe’s Migration Crisis (28 April 2014): http://www.cfr.org/migration/europes-migration-crisis/p32874
Italian Right Calls For End To Migrant Rescue Programme (23 April 2014): http://euobserver.com/news/123904
Europe’s African Refugee Crisis: Is The Boat Really Full? (15 April 2014): http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/european-refugee-crisis-worsens-in-mediterranean-a-964304.html
EU-Africa Summit: A Eurocentric Approach (10 April 2014): http://blogs.eui.eu/migrationpolicycentre/eu-africa-summit-a-eurocentric-approach/
Greece: Frontier Of Hope And Fear (April 2014): http://www.sos-europe-amnesty.eu/content/assets/docs/Greece_Frontier_of_Hope_and_Fear_Avril_2014.pdf
Mediterranean Flows Into Europe: – Migration and the EU’s Foreign Policy (March 2014): http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/briefing_note/join/2014/522330/EXPO-JOIN_SP(2014)522330_EN.pdf
Europa: The EU and the Refugee Crisis (2016) https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/1aa55791-3875-4612-9b40-a73a593065a3
Mattia Toaldo, ‘Libya’smigrant-smuggling highway: Lessons for Europe’, European Council on Foreign Relations (2015) https://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/libyas_migrant_smuggling_highway_lessons_for_europe5002
UNODC Model law against the smuggling of migrants (2010) http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Model_Law_Smuggling_of_Migrants_10-52715_Ebook.pdf
International Migration – A publication of the UN System CEB for Coordination http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Facilitation/IllegalMigrants/Documents/Internatioanl%20Migration%20-%20UN%20System%20CEB%20for%20Coordination.pdf
UNODC A short introduction on migrant smuggling http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Migrant-Smuggling/Issue-Papers/Issue_Paper_-_A_short_introduction_to_migrant_smuggling.pdf
The European Council invites the newly established Task Force for the Mediterranean to identify priority actions for a more efficient short term use of European policies and tools to help detecting vessels and illegal entries, contributing to protecting and saving lives at the EU’s external borders http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/139197.pdf
IMO Circular Fal.3/Circ.194 http://www.imo.org/OurWork/Facilitation/Documents/FAL.3%20Circ.194.pdf
International Organization for Migration, World Migration Report; latest 2013 http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/WMR2013_EN.pdf
European Commission Press release Brussels, 4 December 2013 ‘ Lampedusa follow up: concrete actions to prevent loss of life in the Mediterranean and better address migratory and asylum flows’ http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1199_en.htm
EUROPEAN COMMISSION MEMO Brussels, 9 October 2013 EU action in the fields of migration and asylum http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-862
Immigration, Migration and border security Reports
FRA Migration Key Fundamental Rights Concerns- Quarterly Bulletun 1 (February 2019) https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2019/migration-key-fundamental-rights-concerns-quarterly-bulletin-1
Legatum Institute: Our Latest Report Illustrates why the Refugee Crisis is the Humanitarian Challenge of our Time (20 June 2018) https://www.li.com/activities/publications/global-people-movements
Homeland Security FY2017 Border Security Metrics Report https://www.dhs.gov/publication/fy2017-border-security-metrics-report
FRA 10 Practical Tips to Prevent Border Management Rights Violations https://fra.europa.eu/en/news/2016/10-practical-tips-prevent-border-management-rights-violations
Case Studies
2019/02/HRAS_Aquarius_Review_and_Commentary_2019_SECURED.pdf
2019/01/HRAS_Case_Study_Abandonment_Walvis_Bay_Namibia_29_Jan_19_single_pages_SECURED.pdf
2018/08/HRAS-Philippines-UK-Fisheries-Manning-Agents-Report-August-2018-SECURED.pdf
2018/07/HRAS-Case-Study-Seafarers-Abandonment-on-Kish-Isalnd-Iran-1.pdf
https://www.humanrightsatsea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170702-MT-Ocean-Pride-HRAS-Investigative-Case-Study-REDACTED-FINAL-SECURED.pdf
20140806-Migrant_Case_Study_Eritrea_Germany
20140910-HRAS_Case_Study_The Push Back Situation in Australia
20141007-HRAS_Case_Study_Children_in_Detention_Australia
20141027-HRAS_Case_Study_Human_Trafficking_Thailand
20150415-HRAS-Case-Study-MV-Seaman-Guard-Ohio-Report