Category: Reports

Understanding the Role of a Fisheries Observer

Abuse, Fisheries Observer, Fishermen, Insight Briefing Note, Press Release, Reports, safety, Threats, Welfare

‘‘If an observer discovers things they weren’t intended to know about, they can face intimidation, threats, violence and, in the worst cases, murder.’’ London. UK. Human Rights at Sea today issues the latest in its series of Insight Briefing Notes covering key human rights issues within the maritime environment. Titled 'The Role of a Fisheries Observer' the insight is provided by Martin Purves, who prior to his present role as the Managing Director of the International Pole and Line Foundation, spent years at sea in fisheries management roles, including as a fisheries observer.

Indian Seafarers abandoned offshore Namibia threaten suicide over unpaid wages

Abandonment, Abuse, Case Studies, Commentary, MLC 2006, Reports, Seafarers

PRESS RELEASE 29 January 2019 “Save me from the mental agony I am going through” Chandra Rakesh Singh Negi, MV HALANI I crew member London. UK. Human Rights at Sea publishes its latest detailed case study with personal statements from a group of abandoned seafarers in Walvis Bay, Namibia. Eight Indian seafarers have been on...

Fishermen’s Welfare and Human Rights Report for Ascension Island EEZ Published

Ascension Island, Policy, Press Release, Publications, Reports, Resources, seafood, Stop Illegal Fishing, Supply Chain, Tuna Fleets

PRESS RELEASE 13 December 2018 LONDON. UK.  Human rights at Sea today publishes a commissioned report undertaken by the charity’s not-for-profit trading consultancy Human Rights at Sea International Ltd, which is a comparative independent assessment of the potential risks to the welfare and human rights of fishermen operating within the Ascension Island Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)...

Missing Seafarers & Fishers Reporting Programme Updated

Abuse, Missing Seafarers & Fishers Reporting Programme, Missing Seafarers Register, Reports, Resources, Seafarers, Seafarers Support

PRESS RELEASE 11th November 2018 UK. London. The flagship programme for the Human Rights at Sea charity, the Missing Seafarers and Fishers Reporting Programme, has been updated and the website refreshed to ensure easier and more efficient use. The charity has been running the Programme since 2015, during which time individual cases have been submitted...

Human Rights at Sea publishes Fourth Annual Report

Press Release, Press Releases, Reports, Uncategorised

PRESS RELEASE 25 October 2018 Human Rights at Sea Annual Report Year Four: Global Delivery of Maritime Human Rights London.UK.  Human Rights at Sea publishes its Annual Report covering the UK-based charity’s fourth year of operation. Founded in April 2014, the charity’s mission is to explicitly raise awareness, implementation and accountability for human rights provisions...

Northern Ireland Fisheries Non-EEA crew anti-slavery & trafficking report

Fishermen, Fishing, Policy, Press Release, Publications, Reports

PRESS RELEASE 26 October 2017  Northern Ireland Fisheries Non-EEA Crew anti-slavery & trafficking report issued Human Rights at Sea, today publicly issues its independent project report and a fishing industry response into the non-EEA crew issue in Northern Ireland, and which has been linked to the on-going investigations and drive to highlight the issue of slavery...

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