Not a Safe Place? Italy’s Decision to Declare Its Ports Unsafe under International Maritime Law Keller, Vera Magali Author aut Schöler, Florian Author aut Goldoni, Marco Author aut Text xx# 2020 Verfassungsblog 2020-04-14 eng
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 In an unprecedented move, the Italian government has declared Italy’s ports “unsafe” due to the COVID-19-pandemic. It did so by issuing an executive decree late Tuesday last week, seemingly in response to the rescue of 150 shipwrecked by the Sea-Eye’s Alan Kurdi. This is not the first time that the Italian government has used decrees to close its borders for sea-rescue ships. However, given the extraordinary circumstances of this case in the midst of the on-going Corona-crisis and the novel argument made by the Italian government, the decision warrants closer examination. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Keller, Vera Magali funded by the government Coronavirus European Union International Maritime Law Seenotrettung 342 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/not-a-safe-place/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20200414-152958-0 200414 10.17176/20200414-152958-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)