Η αναχαίτιση στην ανοιχτή θάλασσα και η διαχείριση των μεταναστευτικών ροών στη Μεσόγειο υπό το πρίσμα της πρόσφατης νομολογίας του Ευρωπαϊκού Δικαστηρίου Δικαιωμάτων του Ανθρώπου: σκέψεις με αφορμή την υπόθεση Hirsi Jamaa και άλλοι κατά Ιταλίας

Interception at sea and the management of migratory flows in Europe in light of the recent jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights: Hirsi Jamaa and others v. Italy. Three major legal questions arise in light of this case: a) The relationship between Human Rights Law, the Law of the sea and the EU law, regarding people who are intercepted at sea and are in need of international protection. b) Extraterritorial Application of the European Convention of Human Rights for acts that take place on the high seas and whether this was such a case. c) The case of collective expulsion: the removal of aliens to a third state carried out outside national territory of a member state. Why is this decision important? Because the ECHR accepted that the principle of non –refoulement is applicable on the high seas. Furthermore, by accepting a violation of article 13 (effective remedy) the court enforced states obligations vis a vis this principle with two procedural consequences: the duty of the state to advise the individual in question about his entitlement to obtain international protection and the duty to provide for an individual, fair and effective refugee status determination and assessment procedure.