This hearing has been especially important because it has been an opportunity to understand what the Law states about the regulation of maritime rescue; what have been and are the government’s obligations and those of the boats in the sea, as well as the deficiencies and inefficiencies that continue to characterise the authorities’ conduct.
Reconstructing the facts of what happened has been useful for developing a better understanding of the chain of responsibility that in recent years has turned the Mediterranean into the most lethal border in the world because of the deliberate inaction of European institutions, the lack of governmental search and rescue organisations, and the criminal agreements made with unstable countries where human rights and life are systematically violated.
