When the news broke on April 3, 2016 about the leak of 11.5m files that exposed how the rich, including government leaders and companies, are taking advantage of offshore tax havens, the world has ...
Will the Panama Papers Leak be the Catalyst for Change for Seafarers?
SRI and ITF back new book on plight of fishers
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Arrest of Ships
This Fact File aims to provide you with information about the rights that you are likely to have to arrest ships for most of the claims that are relevant to you in different countries, bearing in mind ...
Maritime Liens
It is your right to be paid fully and regularly, according to your employment agreement, for your work as a seafarer. If you have not been paid your wages, there are various steps that you could take. ...
Abandonment
It is the duty of the shipowner to ensure that you are not abandoned. But if you are abandoned, you have various legal rights that should ensure that you are repatriated to your country at no cost to ...
Using Lawyers
"For seafarers, seeking the advice of a lawyer can be one of the most stressful events of their career. Not only are they dealing with the effects of the incident that has led them to that point, but ...
Decent Living for Efficient and Safe Ships
The Nautical Institute Human Element Bulletin Alert 34: The need for seafarers to have decent living conditions is enshrined in the new Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) but the latest issue of the ...
SRI Announces New Legal Charter to Support Seafarers
In an important contribution to the legal support of seafarers worldwide, SRI (Seafarers' Rights International) has launched a Charter of Good Practice for the Provision of Legal Services to ...
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 ...
Improved standards for fishermen put into EU Law
Joint ETF and Europêche-Cogeca news release 16 May 2012 On Monday 21 May 2012, the workers’ organisation ETF and the employers’ representatives of Europêche and Cogeca will sign a Social Partners’ ...
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