This July, more than 50 senior legal professionals from 22 countries took the opportunity to increase their understanding of the MLC and the tough challenges faced in implementing its provisions and ...
SRI Continues to Drive MLC Learning with the ILO
SRI Applauds New Measures to Address Abandonment
SRI, the international pan-industry body researching maritime and seafarers’ law, has applauded the decision by the first meeting of a joint International Labour Organization (ILO) – International ...
SRI Shares Expertise with the Legal Community
On 14-15 September 2022, Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of SRI, joined key experts from international organisations, universities, the legal profession and the maritime industry to speak at ...
More states must ratify MLC if it is to have comprehensive global reach says SRI
In a statement submitted to the Special Tripartite Committee (STC) meeting held last week, SRI, the international pan-industry body researching maritime and seafarers’ law, called for more States to ...
Future-proofing the Maritime Labour Convention
London International Shipping Week 2021 was the backdrop for a unique and thought-provoking conference, ‘Future-proofing the Maritime Labour Convention’, held by SRI at the International Maritime ...
New UN initiative must be backed up by enforcement, says SRI
Amid growing fears of an impending escalation of the humanitarian crisis facing seafarers, SRI, the international pan-industry body researching maritime and seafarers’ law, applauds the recent ...
PRESS RELEASE: SRI Calls for investigation into perfect storm for seafarers
The recent spate of grim casualties cannot simply be written off as bad luck, says Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI), the international pan-industry body researching maritime and seafarers’ law. ...
InterManager Survey Reveals Widespread Concern at Enclosed Space Deaths
"Seafarers and dock workers are still dying while working in enclosed spaces on board vessels because there is not enough understanding throughout the shipping industry of the risks faced by today’s ...
Day of the Seafarer 2018
“We are extremely pleased that the theme of the 2018 Day of the Seafarer is the important issue of seafarers’ wellbeing. SRI was set up to advance the rights of seafarers through engagement with the ...
SRI LAUNCHES GLOBAL STUDY INTO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION
As the third anniversary of the entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) approaches, Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) is embarking on a comprehensive study on the ...