Human rights in combating organised crime and the problem of «illegal» migration in Europe

Abstract

The article analyses a number of legal problems related to the observance of human rights in the fight against transnational organised crime and illegal migration in Europe. The author highlights the features that distinguish human trafficking from illegal migration and raises a number of controversial issues related to the need to criminalise people smuggling, protect and promote the rights of migrants, establish responsibility for illegal entry and illegal residence, as well as the permissibility of criminalising by the assistance to migration by non-governmental organisations that conduct humanitarian search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean.

Author Biography

Thomas Kruessmann, University of Graz, 15/C3 Universitätsstraße, Graz 8010, Austria

doctor of science (law), full professor; senior researcher, coordinator of the project «Modernization of master programmes for future judges, prosecutors, investigators with respect to European standard of human rights» (CRIMHUM), Institute of Criminal Law, Criminal Process and Criminology

Published
2020-10-27
Keywords: transnational organised crime, human trafficking, migrant, smuggling of migrants, illegal migration
How to Cite
Kruessmann, T. (2020). Human rights in combating organised crime and the problem of «illegal» migration in Europe. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law, 3, 24-29. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/law/article/view/3228
Issue
No 3 (2020): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law
Section
Constitutional Law and Administrative Law