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Migration, Border Control and Human Rights
16 February 2016
Migration, Border Control and Human Rights

Irregular migration by sea is a massive phenomenon that is not destined to stop any soon. According to UNHCR, a growing number of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea because of drowning, hypothermia or dehydration while attempting to escape hunger, civil wars, persecution and atrocious conditions in their home countries.

Lots of them were rescued at sea through search and rescue naval operations. However, actually, many thousands of migrants who left their country did not survive the voyage. Over 3,500 women, men and children have died or have gone missing in their attempt to reach Europe.
Against this complex and tragic background, the aim of the workshop is to deal with all the main sensitive and interrelated aspects. They are:

a) the international legal and policy framework surrounding the current massive phenomenon of migration in the Mediterranean;
b) ensuring border control in the EU, and, at the same time,
c) the saving of migrants’ lives at sea and their rights; d) fighting, through International Cooperation, the Transnational Criminal Organisations engaged in the Smuggling of Migrants.

 

Workshop LEADER

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Giuseppe Cataldi

Director, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence For Migrant Rights In The Medittaranean

Giuseppe CATALDI is Full Professor of International Law at the University of Napoli "L'Orientale" (Italy), where he also holds a Jean Monnet Chair issued by the European Union Commission on "The Protection of Human Rights in the European Union" and where he is the Director of the "Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Migrants' Rights in the Mediterranean". His research interests range from Human Rights and Migration Studies, to the Relationship between domestic Law and International Law, and to the Law of the Sea. He is the President of the "International Association of the Law of the Sea". He is the author and editor of many books, papers and articles on many international law fields. He has given lectures at symposia, academic courses and seminars in international public law, European Union law and human rights law; in particular, he gave a course in 2007 at the Hague Academy of International Law. He has been invited Professor at the Sorbonne University, in Paris, as well as in Cordoba, Spain. He is the Co-director and co-founder of "Diritti Umani e Diritto Internazionale" and in charge of the Judicial Decisions Section of the "Italian Yearbook of International Law". He advised the Italian Government on questions concerning the Law of the Sea, the Italian Parliament on the effects of the European Court of Human Rights decisions in domestic systems, the European Parliament on Human Rights and liberties issues. He is the legal advisor of the NATO civil employees Association in Napoli, assisting them also beyond the NATO Tribunal in Brussels. He is a Senate member of EMUNI (Euro-Mediterranean University).

Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence For Migrant Rights In The Medittaranean

The “Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Migrants’ Rights in the Mediterranean” aims at establishing a Centre of studies focused on the Migrations’ issues, with a particular focus on the Mediterranean Area. In relation to the objectives of EU Erasmus + Action, the proposal aims at reaching the following objectives:

  • Promotion of excellence in research and teaching EU studies, in the field of migration across the Mediterranean and of the integration of Migrants in the European Union;
  • Foster the dialogue between the academic world and policy-makers;
  • Publication and dissemination of the result of the works.
     

Workshop agenda

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8:00

Registration & Coffee

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8:45

Opening Remarks And Introductions

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9:00

Immigration At Sea: A Comprehensive Approach

Giuseppe Cataldi, Director, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence For Migrant Rights In The Medittaranean

• Migrations: reasons, aims and means. “Economic” Migrants and Refugees
• Migrations in the Mediterranean Sea: the Corridors
• Law of the Sea and Human Rights Principles and Rules
• Duties to rescue at sea and the “place of safety”

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9:50

Border Surveillance And Human Rights

• EU Principles and Rules. The Application of The Schengen Acquis: Latest Developments
• Border surveillance and the “Dublin System”. The possibility of temporary reintroduction of border controls
• The principle of non-refoulement. The Hirsi case and the procedural safeguards for Migrants at Sea

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10:15

Morning Coffee

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10:30

Extraterritorial Border Controls in the EU: The Role of Frontex in Operations at Sea

• The new EU rules on maritime surveillance
• From Mare Nostrum to Triton and Poseidon Sea
• Possible Scenarios in the Future

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11:15

The new EU Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED) operation, the Smuggling of Migrants by Sea And Private Intervention To Tackle The Ongoing Migrant Crisis

·         Smuggling of Migrants by Sea. The Palermo Convention and Protocol and the International Cooperation of Police Forces in fighting against this  Phenomenon
·         The new EU Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED)operation to tackle the ongoing migrant crisis: intelligence gathering and destroying smugglers’ assets
·         The increasing participation of private actors in rescue operations: advantages and limits

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11:50

Networking Lunch

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12:00

End of Workshop

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The hotel is only 20 minutes’ drive from Fiumicino Airport. Checkout the timetable of our scheduled airport shuttle which will allow you to easily reach the hotel at a very special price. Use our scheduled shuttle bus to/from the city centre to discover the beauties of the Eternal City. You’ll find wireless Internet throughout the hotel, allowing you to stay in touch with friends, family and colleagues at any time. Hold your meetings in one of our 13meeting rooms able to host up to 600 delegates. Possibility of organizing dinners and special occasions by the pool, hiring the Roman Bath for private and exclusive use, planning open air team buildings and many more ideas for events out of the ordinary

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