Fair Treatment News Archives - Seafarers Rights International https://seafarersrights.org/category/fair-treatment-news/ international centre for advancing the legal protection of seafarers Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:31:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 MLC 65% effective says SRI https://seafarersrights.org/mlc-65-effective-says-sri/ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:01:17 +0000 https://seafarersrights.org/?p=22674 New research from SRI, the international pan-industry body researching maritime and seafarers’ law, concludes that the Maritime Labour Convention is not being strictly and evenly enforced on a global basis.  The findings identify substantial achievements in the enforcement of the MLC, but also identify significant gaps.  The research has adopted a unique approach by evaluating […]

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]]> IMO Legal Committee update https://seafarersrights.org/imo-legal-committee-update/ Wed, 01 May 2024 17:43:42 +0000 https://seafarersrights.org/?p=22401 The IMO Legal Committee (LEG) met in person for its 111th session at IMO Headquarters in London from 22 to 26 April 2024.  The Committee deals with all legal matters within the scope of IMO, including issues relating to liability and compensation, fair treatment of seafarers and the fraudulent registration of ships. At the session […]

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]]> First Regional Meeting on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Manila, November 13, 2018 https://seafarersrights.org/first-regional-meeting-on-the-fair-treatment-of-seafarers-manila-november-13-2918/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:29:30 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=21035 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 […]

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]]> Fair treatment survey update https://seafarersrights.org/fair-treatment-survey/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:32:18 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=21414 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 […]

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]]> Press Release: ITF welcomes the Manila statement about the fair treatment of seafarers https://seafarersrights.org/press-release-itf-welcomes-the-manila-statement-about-the-fair-treatment-of-seafarers/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:50:35 +0000 https://seafarersrights.org/?p=21614 International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) general secretary Stephen Cotton, and a delegation of ITF unions, is at a regional meeting in Manila, the Philippines, of Asia’s leading seafaring nations that has agreed the first ‘Manila statement on the fair treatment of seafarers’. Speaking at the meeting, Mr Cotton said: “The ITF, representing over twenty million […]

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]]> Press Release: Asian seafaring nations announce first ever Manila Statement on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers https://seafarersrights.org/asian-seafaring-nations-announce-first-ever-manila-statement-on-the-fair-treatment-of-seafarers/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:48:47 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=20994 A Regional Meeting of Asia’s leading seafaring nations has highlighted the plight many seafarers face in the event of a maritime accident and has 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 Seafarers. The Regional […]

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]]> International Backing for Latest SRI Initiative https://seafarersrights.org/international-backing-for-latest-sri-initiative/ Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:46:31 +0000 http://seafarersrights-over.temp-dns.com/?p=17229 International backing has been given to a new initiative from SRI which aims to harness the support of governments worldwide in implementing locally-binding legislation on the fair treatment of seafarers following a maritime casualty.

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