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"In The Shipmaster's Duty to Render Assistance at Sea under Internationl Law, Felicity G. Attard examines the web of applicable international rules regulating one of the most fundamental obligations at sea. The study explores the shipmaster's duty to render assistance at sea under treaty law, customary international law, and other international instruments. It focuses on an assessment of the duty in light of contemporary challenges posed by the phenomenon of irregular migration by sea, a problem which has intensified in recent years. Whilst Article 98 of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea provides the basis for the regime regulating the duty, the study addresses other relevant rules adopted by the International Maritime Organization and the International Labour Organization. Due to the humanitarian ramifications of the rendering of assistance at sea, the book considers further obligations imposed under human rights law and refugee law. The study presents a comprehensive analysis of shipmaster's responsibilities in rescue operations, and their role in the fulfilment of States' international obligations in the rendering of assistance"--

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Table of cases -- Table of legislation -- Table of treaties -- Introduction to the Research Handbook on Ocean -- PART I THE BLUE SPACE -- 1. A 50-year reflection on global ocean governance for protection of the marine environment -- 2. Maritime zones in international law -- 3. Airspace, sovereignty and ocean governance -- 4. Marine scientific research as a tool for ocean governance -- 5. Dispute settlement and ocean governance -- PART II THE BLUE PLANET -- 6. The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) -- 7. Land-based sources of marine pollution and dumping at sea -- 8. Ocean pollution from plastics -- 9. Noisepollution in the marine environment -- 10. Conservation of living marine resources -- PART III THE INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE OCEAN GOVERNANCE -- 11. Ocean governance in an era of climate change -- 12. Implementing the ecosystem approach through area-based management -- 13. The interaction between an Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction and the law of the sea -- PART IV THE BLUE ECONOMY -- 14. Towards a more inclusive, systemic and multi-regulatory Blue Economy: the case of offshore wind energy -- 15. Advancing a sustainable Blue Economy - case study: fisheries governance in the Indian Ocean -- 16. The submarine cable systems and landing stations in international law -- 17. Carriage of goods by sea -- 18. The cultural heritage at sea -- PART V THE HUMAN SEA -- 19. Piracy and armed robbery -- 20. Maritime terrorism and trafficking in weapons of mass destruction -- 21. Smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons by sea -- 22. Human rights at sea -- Bibliography -- Index.

On January 27, 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC or Committee) published two separate decisions in response to communications brought against Malta and Italy. Both decisions concerned the same incident, which occurred on October 11, 2013, where over 200 migrants drowned in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean. The first complaint brought against Malta was dismissed by the Committee on procedural grounds. In the second case, A.S., D.I., O.I. and G.D. v. Italy, the HRC found that Italy had failed to protect the right to life of the migrants under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). This introductory note discusses the significance of the Committee's findings in this decision and its ramifications with respect to the protection of human rights at sea.