Fair Treatment Project Updates
First Regional Meeting on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Manila, November 13, 2018
The First Regional Meeting of Asia’s leading seafaring nations took place in Manila in November, and highlighted the plight many seafarers face in the event of a maritime accident. Senior figures from seafaring nations around the region pledged to lead the drive towards proper and effective implementation of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and International Labor Organization (ILO) agreed Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of[Read More…]
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Fair treatment survey update
At the meeting of the 66th session of the IMO Council in July 2016, in his closing remarks on the work of the IMO Legal Committee, the IMO Secretary General Mr Kitack Lim stated: “I would like to point out the strong support given by the [Legal] Committee to the issue of seafarers’ rights. I welcome the fact that the Committee supported the organization of[Read More…]
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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 initiative from United Nations Agencies to protect seafarers’ rights during the COVID-19 pandemic. Urging all cargo owners and charterers to support the new wide-ranging human rights toolkit, SRI does, however, warn that rogue operators may benefit without proper enforcement[Read More…]
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Blog: COVID-19, maritime casualties, criminal prosecutions and scapegoating
The failure to treat seafarers as keyworkers during the COVID-19 pandemic is having devastating effects on seafarers. Massive decreases in shore leave and onshore medical treatment are being accompanied by inordinate periods of service on board contrary to rights of seafarers under the Maritime Labour Convention. This leads to chronic fatigue. And that exposes the safety of crews and the protection of the marine environment[Read More…]
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