International Law and the Protection of People at Sea

ISBN-13: 9780198789390 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 304 str.

Irini Papanicolopulu

Opis

From the actions of Somali pirates to the fate of asylum seekers in the Mediterranean, the rights of those at sea is of vital importance. The first book to comprehensively analyse the legal status of seafarers and sea-travellers, Papanicolopulu's timely text provides a compelling argument for the responsibility of the state to protect those at sea.

O autorze

Irini Papanicolopulu is Associate Professor in International Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca. She holds a Degree in Law from the University of Milano-Bicocca and a Doctorate in International Law from the University of Milano. She has been a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of a volume on maritime delimitation edited by the leading Italian legal publisher (Il confine marino: unità o pluralità? (Giuffre Editore 2005)), the editor or co-editor of six collections of essays, and the author of more than 40 book chapters, articles, and conference papers. She has been in-house Legal Advisor to the (Italian) Ministry of the Environment and has acted as a legal expert for the Italian Government and for international governmental and non-governmental organizations.