International Law and the Rescue of Refugees at Sea

On Friday 20 September 10.00 Martin Ratcovich will defend his doctoral thesis on International Law and the Rescue of Refugees at Sea (ISBN 978-91-7797-755-1). The dissertation will take place at Geovetenskapens hus, Stockholm University (Svante Arrhenius väg 12). According to the International Convention of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue anyone rescued at sea should be brought to a ”place of safety”. In the thesis the author examines the meaning of the concept ”place of safety” against the background that many of those rescued at sea are refugees and migrants .