| CODE | INL4001 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Global Maritime Security and International Law | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||
| EQF/MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | International Law | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Many of the threats to maritime security are newly-emerging or are appearing today under a new guise. Furthermore, many remain unregulated in the UN Law of the Sea Convention 1982. The study-unit will focus on these threats and attempt to determine a new direction being taken in International Law through the fight against these threats. Issues to be addressed will include the post-2001 security environment and the related review of IMO instruments together with the Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and its Protocol. Another main topic for discussion and anlysis is the international regime relating to Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships, looking also at the enfolding situation off the coast of Somalia and examining from this the possible future direction of international law. Maritime drug trafficking and migrant smuggling are other threats to maritime security which will also be the subject of examination, particularly focussing on the relevant international instruments demonstrating international cooperation in the fight against such types of organised crime. Study-unit Aims To provide the student with an up-to-date picture of the current maritime security regime as relates to international law and to understand the importance of cooperation as pivotal to the regulatory process fighting threats thereto. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Understand the nature of maritime security threats and the legal regimes surrounding them. 2. Appreciate the interplay between legal rules and underlying exigencies and State interests. 3. Become familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of the legal regime. 4. Understand the notion of cooperation and its role in contemporary international law. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Be conversant in critical reasoning generally and within the context of maritime security issues in particular. 2. Apply learned knowledge to particular fact situations occurring via the maritime domain. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings View reading list |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Students taking this study-unit need to have a background in law. | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Felicity Attard (Co-ord.) Patricia Vella de Fremeaux |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2026/7. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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