Programme of the Roundtable

SMUGGLING OF MIGRANTS ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN

Ferrara, 19 February 2016

Department of Law - Aula Magna

c.so Ercole I d'Este, 37

Chair: Elisabetta Pugliese (Deputy Head of the Italian National Antimafia and Antiterrorism Directorate-DNA, Italy)

8:15 a.m.

Welcome addresses

8.30 a.m.

Paola Monzini (International Consultant), Recent Evolutions in the Organisation of Crossings of the Mediterranean Sea

Felicity Attard (University of Malta), The Security Threat of Smuggling of Persons by Sea

Serena Forlati (University of Ferrara), The Palermo Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants

Maurizio Arcari (University of Milan Bicocca), The Role of the Security Council in the Fight against Smuggling of Migrants

10:30 a.m----coffee break---

11:00 a.m.

Valsamis Mitsilegas (Queen Mary University of London), The EU Legal Framework on Smuggling

Antonio Tanca (Council of the European Union), Operation Triton and EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia: Their Respective Roles in the Fight against Smuggling

Alessandra Annoni (University of Ferrara), The Scope of Domestic Criminal Jurisdiction: The Case of Italy

12:30-13:00  Debate

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The poster of the conference is available here

For information, please write an e-mail to alessandra.annoni@unife.it

The event will be streamed live at 8:30 a.m. CET on http://giuri.unife.it/it/dipartimento/streaming/aula-magna