On Friday 30 October 2015 the Malta Maritime Law Association hosted a seminar entitled ‘Irregular Migration and its impact on International Shipping’ with the participation of Brigadier (Ret’d) Martin Xuereb, Director of the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), Dr. Katrine Camilleri, Migration Law expert and Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Malta, and Dr. Felicity Attard, Resident Academic from the Department of International Law of the University of Malta.
- Programme
- Brig. (Ret’d) Martin Xuereb, A responsibility to protect one step beyond the legal obligation
- Dr. Katrine Camilleri, Protection at sea. Issues raised when protection seekers are rescued by private vessels
- Dr. Felicity Attard, Is the duty to render assistance at sea absolute? A Shipmaster’s perspective