The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Knowledge Centre has posted an updated 20+ page Information Resources document to “assist those who are conducting research in the area of ‘Stowaways/Illegal Migrants/Treatment of Persons Rescued at Sea’.”
The document contains a wealth of information, citations, and links to IMO documents, publications, circulars, and reports, as well as non-IMO citations and / or links to many other resources, including relevant UN reports, resolutions, and treaties.
For example the contents include:
Provisions in UN and IMO Treaties…
IMO Material on the Website …
- Trafficking or transport of illegal migrants by sea / Persons in distress at sea http://www.imo.org/Safety/mainframe.asp?topic_id=398
- Illegal migrants/Persons in distress at sea http://www.imo.org/Facilitation/mainframe.asp?topic_id=398
- Persons in distress at sea http://www.imo.org/Safety/mainframe.asp?topic_id=353
- Persons rescued at sea – new regime enters into force. Hot Topics. http://www.imo.org/Newsroom/mainframe.asp?topic_id=1396&doc_id=6495
- Rescue at sea : A guide to principles and practice as applied to migrants and refugees. IMO and UNHCR Publication . Geneva, UNHCR, 2006 http://www.imo.org/Facilitation/mainframe.asp?topic_id=1437
IMO Documents…
IMO Sub-Committee on Radiocommunication and Search and Rescue documents…
IMO Legal Committee documents…
IMO Maritime Safety Committee documents…
IMO Publications …
UN Materials …
Click here for the IMO Information Resources document.
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