http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200610-013256-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/hypocritical-and-illegitimate/ Hypocritical and Illegitimate Keller, Vera Magali Madjidian, Nassim Schöler, Florian eng 2020-06-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 maritime safety law Refugee Protection refugees Seenotrettung Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 In March, the German Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure (‘Ministry’) amended a number of ship safety laws. While appearing standard at first glance, they are the latest attempt to obstruct the operations of civil sea-rescue NGOs, which is why this week the affected NGOs went public with their outrage at this development.