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30 Aug 2021HRAS Urges Increased IMO Transparency in the Reporting of Seafarer AbusePress Release 30 August 2021 London. UK. The UK-based charitable NGO Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) has called upon the IMO to increase its level of transparency and factual detail in the public reporting of cases reflecting human and labour rights abuse of seafarers. The change being requested isLaw Reform and Policy Development -
25 Aug 2021Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea Drafting Team UpdatePress Release Wednesday 25 August 2021 London. UK. The Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea, together with its Annexes, is currently in the final stages of drafting for publication. TheLaw Reform and Policy Development -
16 Aug 2021Syrian Master Urgently Requests Support to End Eight Month AbandonmentPress Release 16 July 2021 London. UK. The Master of the MV Ali Bey (IMO 9070515) has provided a voluntary video testimony to Human Rights at Sea outlining the privations that he and the remainingLaw Reform and Policy Development -
13 Aug 2021SaferWaves. Supporting Seafarers who have suffered Sexual Violence or Gender DiscriminationPress Release 13 July 2021 London. UK. The UK-based NGO, Safer Waves, has recently been established to provide a route to support for seafarers who have suffered incidents of sexual violence or gender discrimination at sea as a new independent service for victims of egregious human rights abuseEquality at Sea -
02 Aug 2021‘Developing Human Rights at Sea’ available via Open Access of the Ocean Yearbook 35th EditionPress Release Wednesday 2 August 2021 London. UK. Steven Haines, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Greenwich, London, and Trustee of Human Rights at Sea has published anAbout us -
29 Jul 2021HRAS Reviews Call for Global Seafarer Advocacy OrganisationReview 29 July 2021 London. UK. There is a clear need for a more coordinated approach to supporting seafarers where resources are pooled into a single body that can leverage legal expertise andLaw Reform and Policy Development -
27 Jul 2021Shipbreaking in Turkey results in two deathsPress Release Tuesday 27 July 2021 LONDON.UK. HRAS partner, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform reported today that another fatal accident recently took place at the ship recycling yards of Aliağa, Turkey. On 12 July, Yılmaz Demir (55 years old) and Oğuz Taşkın (30 years old) were onboard the cruise shipSlavery at Sea -
27 Jul 2021Herbert Smith Freehills highlights HRAS Arbitration Tribunal ProjectPress Release 27 July 2021 London. UK. The international law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, has highlighted the ongoing arbitration project work of Human Rights at Sea and Shearman and SterlingLaw Reform and Policy Development -
27 Jul 2021UAE Government Resolution to help address Abandonment and Seafarers’ RightsPress Release 27 July 2021 London. UK. On 1 July 2021, the UAE Government’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure issued Cabinet Resolution No. (71) of 2021 on ‘Marine Wrecks And Violating Ships’ asLaw Reform and Policy Development
