BlueRights

The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action CA23103 – ‘Life, liberty and health: ensuring universal protection of human rights at sea’ (BlueRights) was launched in 2024. Updates will be posted here, and for more information please see: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23103/. Professor Anna Petrig (Action Chair) and Professor Irini Papanicolopulu (Action Vice Chair) can be contacted at bluerights.cost@gmail.com. The Action aims to assess, from a legal perspective, how basic universal human rights – the rights to life, liberty, and health – can be enjoyed also by people at sea and by all people at sea, and what action needs to be taken to this end by States and non-State actors. The Action will create an international network engaging with the conceptual and practical issues that arise from the need to protect these human rights of people at sea. It will bring together scholars and stakeholders working in this area, raising awareness about people at sea and their most basic rights, elaborating the theoretical framework within which to locate legislative efforts, and producing ready-to-use tools for governments, industry, and civil society. #BlueRights #LawoftheSea #HumanRightsLaw #righttolife #righttoliberty #righttohealth