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02 Jul 2025Limited Approach to Human Rights at Sea at Third UN Oceans ConferenceThe third UN Oceans Conference ‘Our Ocean, Our Future, Our Responsibility’ held in Nice, France, 9-13 June 2025, was a key opportunity for the emerging agenda around the protection of human rights at sea to be internationally profiled and advanced. Unfortunately, it failed to deliver to the extentAccess to JusticeLaw Reform and Policy
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22 Jun 2025State of the Industry Snapshot: Bullying and harassment at seaA new report by the Sailors Society covering the issue of bullying and harassment has been issued in time for the 2025 IMO Day of the Seafarer in which Human Rights at Sea Founder shares his early
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20 Jun 2025UN HRC59 Geneva: Discussing the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at SeaDuring the 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, a Philippine Government led side event on better protecting seafarers' rights was held during which the GenevaAccess to JusticeLaw Reform and Policy
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17 Jun 2025New documentary trailer 'The Tuna Truth' shows at UN Ocean ConferenceAt an event organized by Women in Ocean Science (WOS), the trailer for a new IPNLF documentary, The Tuna Truth with Serena Appleby, was shown in Nice at the UN Ocean Conference. The screening and panel were held at the Théâtre de Verdure, a scenic open-air amphitheatre in the heart of the city, on 9
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16 Jun 2025Attending the IMO for Protecting Seafarers Against CriminalisationHRAS International attended the one day conference at the London IMO headquarters addressing the issue: 'Protecting seafarers against criminalization: what more can be done?' Today, Member StateAccess to JusticeLaw Reform and Policy
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30 Apr 2025Message from IMO Secretary-General Arsenio DominguezThe IMO Secretary-General has kindly provided a supporting message on the occasion of the closure of the UK Charity, Human Rights at Sea. “Well-being is a fundamental human right of seafarers. TheirAbout us
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07 Apr 2025HUMAN RIGHTS AT SEA CHARITY CLOSESThe Trustees of the UK NGO Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) have taken the decision to close the charity since a sustainable funding and operating model cannot be secured. Since its foundation in 2014, HRAS has issued over 100 publications, helped support policy and legal changes for protections at sea inAbout us
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02 Apr 2025APPG on Fisheries Event discusses Recruitment and Labour in the UK Fishing IndustryOn the 2 April 2025, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries met in the Parliamentary Estate to discuss urgent matters of Recruitment and Labour in the UK fishing industry. At the APPG's eventAccess to Justice
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17 Feb 2025PhD Scholarship for Human Rights at Sea at UNSW SydneyIn an exciting development for the topic of human rights at sea, the UNSW Law & Justice faculty in Australia is offering a new scholarship opportunity. UNSW Law & Justice wishes to offer a PhDLaw Reform and Policy