This week, the industry has condemned the judgment made by the Spanish Supreme Court who have sentenced master, Apostolos Mangouras, to two years’ imprisonment, finding him criminally liable for ...
Concerns Over Recent Prestige Sentencing
SRI RELEASES NEW FILM ON CRIMINALIZATION OF SEAFARERS
Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) has today released a short, informative film commissioned by the International Transport Workers’ Federation aimed at raising awareness of the risks of seafarers ...
Joint press release: ITF and SRI chart a course on maritime human rights
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) report progress being made on the urgent issue of the criminalisation of seafarers. This follows the ...
Lack of Due Process Breeds Fear of Criminalisation Among Seafarers
Seafarers’ suggestions on how to improve their situation when facing criminal charges were presented at the landmark 100th session of the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organization ...
IMO Legal Committee, 99th session
SAFETY4SEA, 23 April 2012. IMO Legal Committe, 99th session. SRI made an intervention at the 99th session IMO Legal Committee on the subject of fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a ...
Justice for Seafarers?
A worrying indictment of the plight of seafarers has been delivered by a far-reaching survey of the experiences of seafarers facing criminal charges, with seafarers complaining of unfair treatment, ...
Criminalisation: shipping in the dock
Ship Management International Issue No 35 January/February 2012 How guilty is your crew? 20120213 SMI.pdf (765.6 kB) ...
SRI Director gives Nautilus International keynote address
‘Seafarers need to be protected and respected.’ Nautilus International press release – 05 October 2011 Seafarers’ Rights International Executive Director Deirdre Fitzpatrick gave a keynote address to ...
Nine in 10 fear criminalisation – Nautilus Survey
Nautilus Telegraph October 2010 Nine in 10 fear criminalisation Click here for full article. ...
When the ship master is cast as a criminal
Seafarers’ Rights International survey exposes shocking treatment of crew We are all tremendously enthused by human rights these days,with whole chambers full of top lawyers readily available to ...