Watered-Down Rights on the High Seas

Hirsi Jamaa and Others v Italy (2012)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9934573
AutoresMariagiulia Giuffré (0000-0001-9125-8936, University of Trento, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen61
Número3
Páginas728-750
Fecha de publicación2012-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational and Comparative Law Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-5893 • E-ISSN: 1471-6895
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020589312000231
OpenAlexW2000913036
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas13

On 23 February 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court), sitting as a Grand Chamber, delivered its long-anticipated judgment in the Hirsi Jamaa and Others v Italy ( Hirsi ) case. 1 The case was filed on 26 May 2009 by 11 Somalis and 13 Eritreans who were among the first group of 231 migrants and refugees (191 men and 40 women) that left Libya heading for the Italian coast. Halted on 6 May 2009 by three ships from the Italian Revenue Police ( Guardia di Finanza ) approximately 35 miles south of Lampedusa on the high seas, in the SAR zone under Maltese competence, they were summarily returned to Libya without identification and assessment of their protection claims. 2

Competence (human resources · Geography · Human rights · International waters · Maltese · Political science · Refugee · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · International Maritime Law Issues · Law · Psychology