London, UK. The Indian Ministry of Shipping is working with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India to improve human rights outcomes for Indian seafarers around the world....
Category: HRAS Development
Human Rights at Sea welcomes new Trustees
London. UK. Human Rights at Sea is pleased to formally announce the expansion of its Board of Trustees with the addition of four new Trustees: Mr. Alex Kemp, London-based Partner at HFW LLP; Mrs. Ruth Crowell, Chief Executive of the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA); Mr. Matthew Vickers, Chief Executive and Chief Ombudsman at the Ombudsman...
Dominica Maritime Flag Administration joins HRAS Arbitration Webinar on 9 July 2020
London. UK. The Commonwealth of Dominica Maritime flag Administration will be joining the 9 July 2020 webinar hosted by Human Rights at Sea and the international law firm, Shearman & Sterling LLP for the first public discussion and review of the joint project to address the concept of 'Arbitration as a Means of Effective...
Global Arbitration Review Article on Innovative Arbitration Development
Press Release 26 May 2020 London. UK. With permission, the Global Arbitration Review journal ‘GAR’ has allowed Human Rights at Sea to reproduce its recent international article on 5 May 2020 about the development of the new joint development project with the Paris-based arbitration team of Shearman & Sterling LLP into assessing whether or...
RightShip and Human Rights at Sea Join Forces to help Improve Welfare for Seafarers around the World
New partnership sees RightShip back Human Rights at Sea’s global mission to end human rights abuses committed around the world’s oceans. London. UK. RightShip, the world’s leading maritime risk due diligence and environmental assessment organisation, and the independent civil society charity, Human Rights at Sea, have signed a new long-term partnership agreement to help improve...
[Updated] White Paper Issued for Innovative Use of Arbitration and Human Rights on UN International Day
Press Release 24 March 2020 Arbitration as a Means of Effective Remedy for Human Rights Abuses at Sea London, UK. Paris, France. On the UN International Day for the Right to The Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and...
SAFETY4SEA Interviews HRAS on Industry Awareness of Human Rights at Sea
London, UK. Human Rights at Sea CEO was interviewed by SAFETY4SEA for their end-of-year Opinion piece covering industry's wider engagement with the concept and development of Human Rights at Sea. "2019 was a milestone year for addressing human rights at sea since the first version of the inaugural 'Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at...
Basel Parliamentary Grand Council votes positively for Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea
Press Release 16th December 2019 London. UK. Following last months’ successful vote in Basel, Switzerland, for official recognition and signing of the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea, the charity is able to highlight the official records relating to the decision which was in favour of the proposed motion to support the charity’s...
Taiwanese Executive Yuan expresses support for Human Rights at Sea
London. UK. / Taipei. Taiwan. On invitation, Human Rights at Sea has met with the Taiwanese Executive Yuan during several rounds of wider meetings last week in the capital Taipei concerning the work of the charity in Asia and development of the soft-law Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea....
Indian National Human Rights Commission engages with Human Rights at Sea
New Delhi, India. This week during a series of regional State-level outreach engagements, Human Rights at Sea was invited by the Indian National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to engage in discussions on the future of human rights protections within the Indian Sub-Continent across the Indian regional maritime and business-related space....
Human Rights at Sea publishes Fifth Annual Report
London. UK. Human Rights at Sea today publishes its fifth annual report 'Delivering Impact and influence' covering the scope and scale of the last reporting period of the charity's activities between 1 June 2018 and 31 May 2019 continuing to assure transparency in all areas of its national and international work....
India Driving National Human Rights at Sea Agenda
Press Release 15th July 2019 London, UK. The Indian Government and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) are driving forward with the newly created ‘human rights at sea’ agenda in quick time following the first national seminar on the topic held in Mumbai on 28 February 2019, and last week’s historic NHRC meeting in New...
Timeline of Delivery Impact Report published for Fifth Year of Work
Press Release 6th June 2019 London, UK. Human Rights at Sea today publishes its Timeline of Delivery Impact Report for the fifth year of its charitable NGO work and activities in raising global awareness of human rights abuses at sea. The report is delivered as an infographic highlighting the key work undertaken by the...
India. Forum for Integrated National Security Seminar ‘Human Rights at Sea’ report published
Press Release 23 May 2019 London. UK. / Mumbai. India. With permission, Human Rights at Sea publishes the final report and recommendations of the 2019 Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS) seminar on ‘Human Rights at Sea’ held at The Leela Hotel, Mumbai on 28 February 2019. The report details the current discussion, issues and...
City of Geneva formally supports Geneva Declaration Development
Press Release 21st May 2019 Geneva. Switzerland. In a significant move, the City of Geneva has formally supported and endorsed the development of Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea in a signing ceremony held at the Palace Eynard in Geneva between the Mayor of Geneva, Mr. Sami Kanaan, and the Founder of the charity, Human...
