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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The Wu Zhou 8 – Time For The Industry To Focus On Its Responsibilities
In the aftermath of what might be the worst ever case of multiple fatalities from suspected mass food poisoning of the crew of the bulk carrier Wu Zhou 8, resulting in 13 crew deaths and eight crew hospitalised, attention turns urgently to the safety of food consumed by seafarers on board, to training in safe food preparation and to the important provisions of the Maritime[Read More…]
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SRI Shares Expertise with the Legal Community
Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of SRI, joined key experts from international organisations, universities, the legal profession and the maritime industry to speak at the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 and Case Law Symposium held last week. The event, organised by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Training Centre of the ILO, provided lawyers, judges, legal practitioners and academics from around the world with an[Read More…]
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SRI Survey – Seafarers and the Criminal Law
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