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United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2240, 2312 & 2380

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2018

Andreas Schloenhardt
Andreas Schloenhardt*
Affiliation:
PhD (Adel), Professor of Criminal Law, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Professorial Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, Austria.
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In response to the large number of irregular migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to southern Italy, frequently using overcrowded, unseaworthy vessels, and often facilitated by migrant smugglers, on October 9, 2015, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2240. This resolution authorizes member states to intercept, inspect, and seize vessels suspected of being used to smuggle migrants or to traffic persons. Initially limited to one year, these measures were renewed through two further UNSC resolutions on October 6, 2016, and October 5, 2017.

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International Legal Materials , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , February 2018 , pp. 163 - 179
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Copyright © 2018 by The American Society of International Law 

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ENDNOTES

1 S.C. Res. 2240 (Oct. 9, 2015).

2 S.C. Res. 2312 (Oct. 6, 2016).

3 S.C. Res. 2380 (Oct. 5, 2017).

4 Cf. Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, art. 3(a), Nov. 15, 2000, 2241 UNTS 507 [hereinafter Smuggling of Migrants Protocol].

5 Cf. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, art. 3(a), Nov. 15, 2000, 2237 UNTS 319 [hereinafter Trafficking in Persons Protocol].

6 IOM, Missing Migrants: Tracking Deaths Along Migratory Routes (Jan. 1, 2017), available at https://missingmigrants.iom.int/region/mediterranean.

7 Id.

8 Smuggling of Migrants Protocol, supra note 4.

9 Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, opened for signature Dec. 15, 2000, 2225 UNTS 209.

10 Trafficking in Persons Protocol, supra note 5.

11 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, opened for signature July 28, 1951, 189 UNTS 150 (referred to in the text as “Refugee Convention”); Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, opened for signature Jan. 31, 1967, 606 UNTS 267.

12 See also Smuggling of Migrants Protocol, supra note 4, arts. 7–9.

13 S.C. Res. 2240 pmbl. (Oct. 9, 2015).

14 Id. ¶ 7.

15 Id. ¶ 8.

16 Id. ¶ 7.

17 Id. ¶ 8.

18 Id. ¶¶ 9–13.

19 Id. ¶¶ 15–17.

20 Id. ¶ 18.

21 United Nations Security Council, Report of the Secretary-General Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 2240 (2015), UN Doc S/2016/766 (Sept. 7, 2016) [hereinafter Resolution 2240 Report]; United Nations Security Council, Report of the Secretary-General Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 2312 (2016), UN Doc S/2017/761 (Sept. 7, 2017) [hereinafter Resolution 2312 Report].

22 Resolution 2240 Report, supra note 21, ¶¶ 14–15.

23 Id. ¶ 4.

24 Id. ¶ 3.

25 Resolution 2312 Report, supra note 21, ¶ 10.

26 Id. ¶¶ 6, 40–47.

27 Id. ¶ 5.

28 Resolution 2240 Report, supra note 21, ¶ 6.

29 Resolution 2312 Report, supra note 21, ¶ 56.