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18 Dec 2022Human Rights Defender: An Interview with Dr Marika McAdamEvery year on 18th December, the world marks International Migrants Day, a day set aside to acknowledge the important contribution of migrants while highlighting the challenges they face. Migrants have proven to be a source of prosperity, innovation and sustainable growth to countries of originAbout usMigrants & Refugees -
14 Dec 2022People Dead after Migrant Boat AccidentThree people are feared to have died after a small migrant boat encountered difficulties in the early hours in the English Channel. The major search and rescue operation was launched in UK waters inMigrants & Refugees -
09 Dec 2022Turning the Tide on LGBTQ+ Culture in the Royal Navy Since 2000Until 1999, if you were gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender, you were banned from serving in the British Armed Forces. If you were suspected to be anything other than "straight", you were intenselyAbout usEquality at Sea -
05 Dec 2022Working and Growing Through the PandemicAustralian Seafarer Welfare Providers’ Conference Reporting: 23-26 November 2022 Seafarer welfare providers in ports around Australia have 'had it tough' over the last three years, Paul MacGillivary reports. The COVID-19 pandemic first impacted the world in February 2020, bringing our lives into aAbout usLaw Reform and Policy -
02 Dec 2022Ending Slavery is Easy. Why Won't Those with Power Act?Opinion piece by Dr Aidan McQuade, OBE During the 2019 rainy season, I travelled with colleagues to the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar. There we spent a week talking to families in five differentSlavery at Sea -
01 Dec 2022Human Rights at Sea is Proud to Support Wilton Park Human Rights Law at Sea ConferenceIn a few days, Wilton Park will bring together selected experts and practitioners to explore tensions between the fundamental concepts underpinning the law of the sea and those underpinningAbout usLaw Reform and Policy -
30 Nov 2022Human Rights at Sea Discussed by the Grand Committee at the UK House of LordsThe International Defence and Relations Committee Inquiry took the opportunity to examine whether The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was fit for purpose in light of the challenges faced in the 21st Century as it approaches its 40th anniversary. UNCLOS was adopted in 1982Law Reform and Policy -
29 Nov 2022Maritime New Zealand Requests HRAS Advisory Opinion on a Future Model for Sustainable Seafarer Welfare Funding.Human Rights at Sea continues to work closely with the New Zealand Government’s maritime agency, Maritime New Zealand, providing a consultative advisory opinion on the core structure and keyLaw Reform and Policy -
23 Nov 2022NGO Observers request WCPFC consideration of enhancements to proposed fishers' safety, security and well-being regulationA collective of Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) observer NGOs have come together to publicly share their detailed concerns around the implementation of a new conservation andLaw Reform and Policy
