Migrant boats on the high seas and their interception through psychologically coercive measures: Is there a case to extraterritorially apply human rights law?

What is it about?

Scholars agree that when States physically stop boats even on the high seas, then these States can be held accountable for human rights violations, but little has been written on whether States are also accountable when they stop these boats through psychological means, for example by firing warning shots.

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