The Oxford Handbook of Human Rights at Sea

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-19-890241-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 848 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 246 mm

The Oxford Handbook of Human Rights at Sea provides the first systematic treatment of the application of human rights at sea. It examines the general principles guiding the protection of people who are at sea--including seafarers, fishers, passengers, migrants, pirates, traffickers, scientists, and many others--alongside the application of specific rights in the maritime context, from life, liberty, health, and freedom from torture, to the rights to education and privacy. It also explores how sources beyond human rights law, such as criminal law and maritime labour law, contribute to protecting people at sea.

The volume further considers the obligations of states and other actors to uphold human rights at sea, and how these obligations can be implemented in different contexts. It also engages with contemporary debates, including the rights of Indigenous peoples, deep seabed mining, climate change, and the instrumentalization of death at sea to prevent migration. Contributing authors provide insights from all over the world, showcasing both global and regional perspectives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Papanicolopulu, Irini

Petrig, Anna

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I. Introduction

- CHAPTER 1: IRINI PAPANICOLOPULU and ANNA PETRIG: History and Concept of Human Rights at Sea

- Part II. General Principles

- CHAPTER 2: MARÍA TERESA INFANTE CAFFI: Human Dignity

- CHAPTER 3: IRINI PAPANICOLOPULU: Considerations of Humanity as a General Principle of the Law of the Sea

- CHAPTER 4: ALEXANDER PROELSS: Freedom of the Seas

- CHAPTER 5: KRISTOF GOMBEER: Jurisdiction and Human Rights at Sea

- CHAPTER 6: GINA HEATHCOTE: Equality and Non-Discrimination

- Part III. Specific Rights

- CHAPTER 7: SELINE TREVISANUT: The Right to Life at Sea

- CHAPTER 8: MALCOLM EVANS: The Prohibition of Torture at Sea

- CHAPTER 9: VASCO BECKER-WEINBERG: Slavery, Human Trafficking, and Forced Labour at Sea

- CHAPTER 10: ANNA PETRIG: The Right to Liberty at Sea

- CHAPTER 11: MARIKO KAWANO: Right to Consular Protection at Sea

- CHAPTER 12: SILVIA BORELLI: The Right to Seek Asylum, the Principle of Non-Refoulement, and the Prohibition of Collective Expulsion

- CHAPTER 13: SOFIA GALANI: Right to Health

- CHAPTER 14: RICHARD BARNES: Right to Property

- CHAPTER 15: CEDRIC RYNGAERT: Right to Privacy and Data Protection

- CHAPTER 16: CHIE KOJIMA: Freedom of Expression at Sea

- CHAPTER 17: GABRIELA A. OANTA: Right to Family and Children's Rights

- CHAPTER 18: STEVEN HAINES: Is There a Human Right to Education at Sea?

- CHAPTER 19: ALLA POZDNAKOVA: Right to a Healthy Environment

- CHAPTER 20: LIESBETH LIJNZAAD: The Human Rights of Women at Sea, and the Role of the Women's Convention

- CHAPTER 21: NATALIE KLEIN: Right to an Effective Remedy in Maritime Settings

- Part IV. Sources Beyond Human Rights Law

- CHAPTER 22: MOIRA L. McCONNELL: Maritime Law and Labour Law

- CHAPTER 23: BIRGIT FELDTMANN: Criminal Law and the Protection of Human Rights at Sea

- CHAPTER 24: MICHAEL WAIBEL: Trade Law and the Protection of Human Rights at Sea

- CHAPTER 25: CAROLA GLINSKI: Business Human Rights Due Diligence Duties towards Seafarers

- CHAPTER 26: BRUNO DEMEYERE: The Law of Naval Warfare: Protecting Persons in Armed Conflict at Sea

- Part V. Actors

- CHAPTER 27: ANNA PETRIG: The Role of the Flag State in Protecting People at Sea

- CHAPTER 28: IRINI PAPANICOLOPULU: The Role of Coastal States in Protecting Human Rights at Sea

- CHAPTER 29: ARRON N. HONNIBALL: Port States

- CHAPTER 30: ANDREW ERUETI: Indigenous Peoples' Human Rights in the Sea

- CHAPTER 31: ELIZABETH MAVROPOULOU: Non-Governmental Organisations and the Protection of Human Rights at Sea

- CHAPTER 32: KRISTINA SIIG: Human Rights Norms and Private Non-Governmental Organisations in the Shipping Industry

- CHAPTER 33: NEIL HENDERSON: Human Rights at Sea and Marine Insurance

- CHAPTER 34: JONATHAN WARRING: Trade Unions and Human Rights at Sea

- Part VI. Global and Regional Institutions

- CHAPTER 35: GABRIELE GOETTSCHE-WANLI: United Nations

- CHAPTER 36: ANDREA LONGO: United Nations Specialised Agencies

- CHAPTER 37: GENTIAN ZYBERI: United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures

- CHAPTER 38: KRIANGSAK KITTICHAISAREE: UNCLOS Dispute Settlement Mechanisms

- CHAPTER 39: PATRICK VRANCKEN and NTEMESHA MASEKA: Africa: African Union, African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, and Other Institutions

- CHAPTER 40: LUCÍA SOLANO and SANTIAGO PARADA: Americas (Inter-American Human Rights System and other Institutions)

- CHAPTER 41: PAULO PINTO DE ALBUQUERQUE and ARMANDO ROCHA: Council of Europe and European Court of Human Rights

- CHAPTER 42: PIERANDREA LEUCCI: European Union

- CHAPTER 43: DITA LILIANSA: Asia-Pacific

- Part VII. Activities and Contexts

- CHAPTER 44: FRANCESCA RONCO: Shipping, Ship Financing, and Shipbreaking

- CHAPTER 45: MARCO COTTONE: Cruising and Tourism

- CHAPTER 46: MARIA GAVOUNELI: Maritime Workers

- CHAPTER 47: FRANCISCO BLAHA: Fishing and Aquaculture

- CHAPTER 48: CARLOS A. CRUZ CARRILLO: Energy Activities

- CHAPTER 49: JOANNA DINGWALL: Extraction in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

- CHAPTER 50: CHRISTINA VOIGT: Climate Change, the Ocean, and Human Rights

- CHAPTER 51: BRIAN WILSON: Destruction of Vessels by Maritime Law Enforcement

- CHAPTER 52: EFTHYMIOS (AKIS) PAPASTAVRIDIS: Private Policing at Sea

- CHAPTER 53: VIOLETA MORENO-LAX: From 'Boat Migration' to Maritime Abandonment: The Logics of Necro-Geo-Legal Control

Über Autor(innen)

Irini Papanicolopulu is Professor of International Law at SOAS. She holds a PhD from the University of Milano, and has previously worked at the Universities of Oxford, Glasgow, and Milano-Bicocca. She has authored and edited numerous works, including International Law and the Protection of People at Sea (OUP 2018) and the award-winning Gender and the Law of the Sea (Brill 2019). She is the Chair of the ILA Committee on Protection of People at Sea and has advised states, international organisations, civil society organisations, and business actors on international law, law of the sea, human rights law, and environmental law.

Anna Petrig holds the Chair of International Law and Public Law at the University of Basel in Switzerland. She has a PhD in the field of Law of the Sea and Human Rights Law and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. She was sitting as Judge ad hoc for Switzerland on the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in The M/T "San Padre Pio" Case. She is Co-Rapporteur of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Protection of People at Sea and Chair of the EU-funded COST Action BlueRights focusing on the rights to life, liberty, and health at sea.