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Frontex and human rights : responsibility in 'multi-actor situations' under the ECHR and EU public liability law
This thesis examines the legal responsibility for human rights violations that may occur in the context of border control or return operations coordinated by the EU agency Frontex. Imagine, for example, that during a border control operation at sea, a vessel forces a boat carrying migrants back to its place of origin, which may be in violation of the rights of persons on that boat. The operation is hosted by State A, coordinated and financed by Frontex, but the vessel in question is from State B. The contributions by State A, B, and by Frontex to the violation vary in nature and degree. But which contribution leads to legal responsibility?
The thesis concludes that direct responsibility typically lies with the host state. In addition, participating states who contribute large assets and Frontex will often incur responsibility together with the host state, predominantly on the basis of their obligations to protect or...
This thesis examines the legal responsibility for human rights violations that may occur in the context of border control or return operations coordinated by the EU agency Frontex. Imagine, for example, that during a border control operation at sea, a vessel forces a boat carrying migrants back to its place of origin, which may be in violation of the rights of persons on that boat. The operation is hosted by State A, coordinated and financed by Frontex, but the vessel in question is from State B. The contributions by State A, B, and by Frontex to the violation vary in nature and degree. But which contribution leads to legal responsibility?
The thesis concludes that direct responsibility typically lies with the host state. In addition, participating states who contribute large assets and Frontex will often incur responsibility together with the host state, predominantly on the basis of their obligations to protect or supervise. However, the study also exposes just how difficult it may be for individuals to find a place for bringing complaints against violations of their human rights suffered at the EU’s external borders. This casts doubts on whether the current legal framework offers them an effective remedy.
- All authors
- Fink, M.
- Supervisor
- Lawson, R.A.; Nowak, M.
- Co-supervisor
- Rijpma, J.J.; Wittich, S.
- Committee
- Binder, C.; Blokker, N.M.; Guild, E.; Peers, S.; Reinisch, A.; Tobler, R.C.
- Qualification
- Doctor (dr.)
- Awarding Institution
- Institute of Public Law , Law , Leiden University
- Date
- 2017-12-13
- Title of host publication
- The Meijers Research Institute and Graduate School of the Leiden Law School of Leiden University
- Publisher
- Leiden: The Meijers Research Institute and Graduate School of the Leiden Law School of Leiden University
Publication Series
- Name
- MI 294
Funding
- Sponsorship
- Austrian Academy of Sciences; Austrian agency for international mobility and cooperationin education, science and research