| CODE | INL5029 | |||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Port Security | |||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | International Law | |||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit introduces participants to Maritime Security and its link to effective port safety. It begins by looking at various contemporary threats to maritime security outlined in the 2008 Report on Oceans and the Law of the Sea and other documents, leading on to a discussion of the specific crimes affecting port security. Among these crimes, attention is given to environmental harm, stowaways, irregular migrants and maritime terrorism. The study-unit examines applicable international law regimes to combat these crimes, with a focus on Port State Control regimes, the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code and other international agreements, regional and general. The study-unit closes with a series of interactive seminars. These will focus on material covered in the lectures and will offer a more practical perspective. Study-Unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to provide the participant with a contemporary understanding of port security regimes as relates to international law. As a result the participant will be equipped to apply learned knowledge to particular fact situations occurring in port areas. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify the applicable laws relating to maritime security - Recognise the nature of threats to port security - Evaluate the various legal frameworks affecting ports - Appraise the critical role played by ports in both legal and commercial spheres - Assess the efficacy of the current legal regime 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Be conversant in critical reasoning with regard to the legal regimes repressing threats to ports. - Apply learned knowledge to particular fact situations affecting port areas. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: Secretary-General of the United Nations, ‘Report of the Secretary General on Oceans and the Law of the Sea’, 10 March 2008, UN Doc. A/63/63 Natalie Klein, Maritime Security and The Law of the Sea (Oxford University Press 2011) Patricia Mallia, Migrant Smuggling by Sea: Combating a Current Threat to Maritime Security through the Creating of a Co-operative Framework (Martinus Nijhoff 2010) James Kraska and Raul Pedrozo, International Maritime Security Law (Martinus Nijhoff 2013) David J. Attard and others (eds), The IMLI Manual on International Marine Environmental Law and Maritime Security Law (Oxford University Press 2016) Supplementary Readings: Christian Bueger, ‘What is Maritime Security’ (2015) 53 Marine Policy 149. Brian Wilson, ‘Five Maritime Security Developments that Will Resonate for a Generation’ (2015) 6 Harvard Law School National Security Journal 1. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Performance and Seminar | |||||||||||||||
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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 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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