Prof. Anna Petrig

Prof. Anna Petrig

Anna Petrig holds the Chair of International Law and Public Law at the University of Basel in Switzerland. She is a member of the Bar of the Canton of Berne (Switzerland) and the New York State Bar (USA). She was sitting as Judge ad hoc on the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Cases 27 and 29 (The M/T “San Padre Pio” Case, Switzerland v. Nigeria). Anna is acting as a board member of the Swiss Maritime Law Association and the Swiss Society for International Law. She is one of the drafters of the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea. Anna is Co-Rapporteur of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Protection of People at Sea and Chair of the EU-funded COST Action BlueRights (Life, Liberty and Health: Ensuring Universal Protection of Human Rights at Sea, CA23103).

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BlueRights Project: Building a true culture of human rights compliance at sea is vital

BlueRights advocates for the protection of the right to life, liberty, and health for all people at sea, regardless of their status. A key priority of the project is to address a significant gap in international law—what Prof. Petrig describes as a "dual blind spot": the “human rights blindness” of the law of the sea and the “sea blindness” of human rights law.

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