9 February 2006
Resolution A.987(24) adopted on 1 December 2005: Guidelines on fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident.
[The IMO Assembly and the ILO Governing Body, inter alia, agreed to the adoption of Guidelines on fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident as a matter of priority; authorized the IMO Legal Committee and the ILO Governing Body to promulgate, once finalized, the said Guidelines by appropriate means; and requested the IMO Legal Committee and the ILO Governing Body to keep the problem of unfair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident under review and to assess periodically the scale of the problem]
27 April 2006
Legal Committee resolution. Adoption of Guidelines on fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident.
[Calls on Member Governments to implement those guidelines as from 1 July 2006]
30 November 2011
Resolution A.1056(27) Promotion as widely as possible of the application of the 2006 guidelines on fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident. Adopted on 30 November 2011
[The resolution was subsequently revised to include, in the annex, Assembly Resolution A.987 (24) on Guidelines on Fair Treatment of Seafarers in the event of a maritime accident (A.1056(27)/Rev.1)]
30 November 2011
Promotion as widely as possible of the application of the 2006 guidelines on fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident. Adopted on 30 November 2011
[This resolution invites Member States to amend their national legislation to give full and complete effect to the Fair Treatment Guidelines and recognises that they should be implemented alongside the IMO Code of International Standards and Recommended Practices for a Safety Investigation into a Marine Casualty or Marine Accident, adopted by resolution MSC.255 (84), parts I and II of which have been made mandatory by way of amendments to SOLAS chapter XI-1, which entered into force on 1 January 2010, pursuant to resolution MSC.257(84).
The Assembly further requests that Member Governments, as a matter of urgency, to bring this resolution to the attention of any Government officials, in particular those involved in the administration of justice, who may be involved in decisions and procedures affecting the treatment of seafarers involved in maritime accidents, as well as shipowners and seafarers and their respective organizations and inform the IMO Legal Committee of the means by which this request has been implemented.]
