OANTA, G.A. (coord.), El Derecho del mar y las personas y grupos vulnerables, Bosch Editor, Barcelona, 2018

• Author: Annina Cristina Bürgin
• Position: Universidade de Vigo
• Pages: 399-403

PAIX ET SÉCURITÉ INTERNATIONALES

Journal of International Law and International Relations

Num 7, janvier-décembre 2019 | ISSN 2341-0868

DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.25267/Paix_secur_int.2019.i7.16

Paix et Securité Internationales

ISSN 2341-0868, Num. 7, janvier-décembre 2019, pp. 399-403

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25267/Paix_secur_int.2019.i7.16

OANTA, G.A. (coord.), El Derecho del Mar y las personas y grupos vulnerables,

JM Bosch Editor, Vallirana, 2018, 426 pages.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is

undoubtedly the cornerstone of the Law of the Sea; however the interna-

tional set of rules related to the oceans and seas has increased signif‌i cantly

addressing specif‌i c issues that are not regulated by UNCLOS. The evolution

of the international legal marine and maritime framework also includes that

more attention has been paid to new actors such as human beings by regula-

ting both rights and obligations of people at sea sensu lato. While UNCLOS’s

focus lies on States and establishes their competencies and responsibilities in

the different maritime zones, a set of rules from different f‌i elds of law has

emerged dealing with situations of individuals in a maritime context that are

not specif‌i cally covered by UNCLOS. While there are regulations related to

human activities at sea in a broader sense, attention also has been drawn to

people and communities who are in a vulnerable situation within a maritime

context, i.e. people facing obstacles that result in human rights violations.

This collective work addresses exactly these kinds of situations analyzing the

legal framework and/or the lack of existing rules protecting people and com-

munities in specif‌i c maritime contexts.

This book is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Gabriela A. Oanta (Profesora Ti-

tular at the University of Coruña) and contains works from eleven academics

from Public international law and Labour Law departments from Spanish

and French universities as well as professionals, and is the result of the papers

presented at the conference “El Derecho del mar y las personas y grupos

vulnerables” on 24 May 2018, which was organized in the framework of the

Jean Monnet Module “Política Marítima Integrada de la Unión Europea”

(574770-EPP-1-2016-1-ES-EPPJMO-MODULE) and co-f‌i nanced by the

Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The main purpose of this

collective work is twofold and thus to ref‌l ect, f‌i rst, on the variety of situations

Citation: BÜRGIN, A. C., «OANTA, G.A. (coord.), El Derecho del Mar y las personas y grupos vu lnerables, JM

Bosch Editor, Vallirana, 2018, 426 pages», Paix et Sécurité Internationales, num. 7, 2019, pp. 399-403

Received: 26 July 2019

Accepted: 08 September 2019