On September 29, 2021, UN Security Council adopted [3] Resolution 2598 (not yet available) under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. The Security Council extended, for a period of 12 months, several measures that were set out in Resolution 2240 (2015) [4]. Such measures included authorization for member states to inspect vessels outside of Libya’s territorial waters if there are reasonable grounds for a vessel’s participation in migrant smuggling and human trafficking.