Itamar Mann
About/Bio
Itamar Mann is a professor at the University of Haifa, Faculty of Law, where he teaches and does research in the areas of public international law, political theory, human rights, migration and refugee law, and environmental law. He is the author of book, "Humanity at Sea: Maritime Migration and the Foundations of International Law" published by Cambridge University Press (2016). Since the summer of 2021, he is the president of Border Forensics.
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Palestinian Refugees and the Future of Asylum
November 19, 2024
Itamar Mann
The Palestinian refugee protection framework adopted after WWII faces a crisis of unprecedented proportions. While it remains unclear whether this framework will survive, Israel’s recent attack on it sheds new light on asylum's oldest conundrum: the inherent tension between individual rights protection and state sovereignty.
From Farmakonisi to Pylos at the ECtHR
In July 2022 the ECtHR published its judgement in the case Safi and others v. Greece, pronouncing on what came to be known as the Farmakonisi shipwreck of 2014. The investigation of the Pylos shipwreck of June 14th, the second deadliest on record in the Mediterranean since 2015, is still underway. According to…
A Lost Opportunity for Border Justice at the European Court of Human Rights
February 3, 2022
Itamar Mann
The European Court of Human Rights is so far failing to provide effective remedies to migrants suffering violations by Greek authorities in the Aegean Sea. For years, commentators have been observing the risk of backsliding from the Court’s role in protecting migrant rights, ostensibly due to “populist” political pressures. But two aspects of the applicable rules, procedural and…
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Popular articles by Itamar Mann
“Pushbacks” as Euphemism
Late in March, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, declared that it identified “hundreds” of migrant pushbacks from Greece. These have allegedly occurred in the Aegean and in the Evros region – the Northern land border between Greece and Turkey. While Greece continues to deny these allegations, it has now become abundantly clear that this is mere gaslighting.
Time to Investigate European Agents for Crimes against Migrants in Libya
In March 2011, the ICC Office of the Prosecutor of the international criminal court opened its investigation into the situation in Libya, following a referral by the UN Security Council. The investigation concerns crimes against humanity in Libya starting 15 February 2011, including the crimes against humanity of murder and persecution, allegedly committed by Libyan agents. As…
The New Palestinian Refugees
May 19, 2021
Itamar Mann
According to numbers The Guardian published on May 17, 2021, the current Israeli attack on Gaza has killed 200 Palestinians, including 59 children. 34,000 have been displaced from their homes. It is hard to assess the accuracy of these numbers. Very likely, the death toll will be higher: the violence has not ebbed, and bodies…