Human Rights at Sea publishes the latest charity Newsletter Spring – Summer 2016 DOWNLOAD HERE __...
Category: Resources
Updated Sea-Watch Mediterranean migrant rescue blog
The Sea-Watch migrant rescue blog hosted by Human Rights at Sea has been updated Read the about the latest developments HERE...
UK Seafarers Awareness Week promoting maritime jobs for future generations
Seafarers UK, the unique maritime charity that oversees the whole UK maritime environment, calls on both the Government and the UK shipping industry to invest in training of British Merchant Navy officers to meet huge manpower shortfall. This year, their ‘Seafarers Awareness Week’ (20-26 June) has the specific theme of promoting ‘Maritime Jobs for...
FINNWATCH: Serious gaps in social responsibility auditing schemes
PRESS RELEASE – Public Serious gaps in social responsibility auditing schemes Finnwatch has today published a report comparing 16 social responsibility certification and auditing schemes used by companies that operate in Finland. Finnwatch criticised the schemes for ignoring workers’ views and for poor quality audits, shortcomings in transparency and the quality of criteria. The scheme...
New Volunteer Maritime Rescuers: Awareness of Criminalisation Publication
PRESS RELEASE Immediate Volunteer Maritime Rescuers: Awareness of Criminalisation UK. 19 April 2016. Human Rights at Sea publishes new international guidance. The independent maritime human rights charity, Human Rights at Sea, today publishes new independent guidance for volunteer maritime rescuers for their awareness of the potential risks of criminalisation when...
Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 comes into force
Human Rights at Sea, as a signatory to the UN Global Compact and supporter of all efforts to eradicate modern slavery, today reports that Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 has come into force in English Law. Kevin Hyland OBE, the UK independent anti-slavery commissioner, has written a letter addressed to all UK-based...
Seafarers: The Forgotten Workforce
For some people art is purely for decoration or entertainment, but for community artists in the Big hART group it is a powerful form of communication, often associated with social change. They turn ordinary people into artists so they can share their life and views with a wide audience. Big hArt is currently working...
New infographics for eyeWitness at Sea Human Rights evidence gathering app
Human Rights at Sea is pleased to announce that the latest explanatory infographics detailing how the eyeWitness App for collecting picture and video evidence at sea can be downloaded and installed. It is now available in six languages: English, French, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Arabic. These can be downloaded from the Human Rights at Sea website’s...
