
Conceived as a response to the ongoing systematic abuse of human rights at sea, the Declaration brings together existing international law into one document.
It gives practical guidance to states on how to ensure that human rights abuses at sea are detected, remedied, and ultimately ended. We are working with individual countries and the UN to promote the adoption of the Declaration.
The Declaration is open for public consultation until 1st September 2022, so please do let us know what you think.
Human rights are universal; they apply at sea, as they do on land.
All persons at sea, without any distinction, are entitled to their human rights.
There are no maritime specific reasons for denying human rights at sea.
All human rights established under both treaty and customary international law must be respected at sea.
The Geneva Declaration is now open for public consultation until 1st September 2022. We'd love to hear from you what you think about the Declaration and its aims. Please do get in touch with us here.
After the consultation period has ended, we will collate all the feedback and incorporate any necessary amendments.