{"id":21674,"date":"2021-05-17T13:01:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T12:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/?p=21674"},"modified":"2021-05-17T13:01:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T12:01:38","slug":"new-un-initiative-must-be-backed-up-by-enforcement-says-sri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/new-un-initiative-must-be-backed-up-by-enforcement-says-sri\/","title":{"rendered":"New UN initiative must be backed up by enforcement, says SRI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21194\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_6771-resized-280x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_6771-resized-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_6771-resized-768x821.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_6771-resized-957x1024.jpg 957w, https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_6771-resized-25x27.jpg 25w, https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_6771-resized.jpg 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>Amid growing fears of an impending escalation of the humanitarian crisis facing seafarers, SRI, the international pan-industry body researching maritime and seafarers\u2019 law, applauds the recent initiative from United Nations Agencies to protect seafarers\u2019 rights during the COVID-19 pandemic. Urging all cargo owners and charterers to support the new wide-ranging human rights toolkit, SRI does, however, warn that rogue operators may benefit without proper enforcement of the standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very welcome to see this response to the unique circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis from the UN Global Compact, the UN Human Rights Office, the International Labour Organization and the International Maritime Organization,\u201d says Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of SRI. \u201cSuch initiatives can be very effective in creating awareness and raising the standards of acceptable behaviour in the global supply chains\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe COVID-19 crisis has brought out the very best and the worst of the maritime industry,\u201d she explains. \u201cWe have seen many shipping companies go well beyond the mark to support their seafarers.\u00a0 But as we know, there is always a minority who seek to exploit any situation and who compete unfairly with the rest of the industry.\u00a0 It is these rogue operators who will not have the new toolkit top of their reading list and who must not be allowed to escape the standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new guidance was issued following the latest resolution of the Special Tripartite Committee of the ILO, calling again on \u2018\u2026 <em>Members and shipowners\u2019 and seafarers\u2019 organizations to work jointly to ensure the promotion and respect for seafarers\u2019 rights under the MLC, 2006\u2019. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnforcement is essential to the success of this initiative,\u201d adds Deirdre Fitzpatrick. \u201cWhilst we can always hope that voluntary standards are followed, there needs also to be a commitment to address how these standards can be enforced.\u00a0 Here there is a critical role to be played by the industry, by workers and their organisations, and by the States themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid growing fears of an impending escalation of the humanitarian crisis facing seafarers, SRI, the international pan-industry body researching maritime and seafarers\u2019 law, applauds the recent initiative from United Nations Agencies to protect seafarers\u2019 rights during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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