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02 Sep 2025Endorsing the Manila Declaration for Seafarers Human Rights, Safety and WellbeingHuman Rights at Sea has endorsed and committed to supporting the Manila Declaration on Seafarers' Human Rights, Safety and Well-Being. 2 September 2025. On the final day of the 2025 International Conference held at The Diamond Hotel, Manila Bay, Philippines, alongside state authorities, diplomaticLaw Reform and Policy Development -
30 Aug 2025Awareness of human rights at sea raised among maritime officials in VanuatuGUEST BLOG - Dr Marika McAdam On 25 – 29 August 2025, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Regional Office on Southeast Asia and the Pacific (UNODC ROSEAP) facilitated a workshop on respondingAccess to JusticeLaw Reform and Policy DevelopmentSlavery at Sea -
26 Aug 2025Is the Philippine State on the Brink of Leading Human Rights at Sea Impact and Change?The Government of the Republic of the Philippines is convening a defining conference on improving human rights' protections for all seafarers globally. The ‘International Conference on Seafarers’Access to JusticeLaw Reform and Policy Development -
17 Aug 2025Maersk’s Dilemma over UN Report on Gaza Conflict reflects Need for Supply Chain AccountabilityOPINION Read Time: 8 minutes [Updated 17 August 2025 20:36 BST] The global shipping firm A-P Moller Maersk (‘Maersk’) has been named by Ms. Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, as being potentially complicit as one of the ‘global logistics giants’Access to JusticeLaw Reform and Policy Development -
11 Aug 2025UK Parliamentary Question on Ratification of Cape Town AgreementOn 28 July 2025, Lord Teverson asked the UK Government Department for Transport about the proposed ratification of the Cape Town Agreement to enhance fishing safety. The Cape Town Agreement (CTA)Access to JusticeLaw Reform and Policy Development -
07 Aug 2025NATO Revised Maritime Strategy ReleasedNATO has publicly released its revised Alliance Maritime Strategy in an Unclassified document reflecting the wide-ranging dissemination to 'stakeholders in industry and academia, partners and theLaw Reform and Policy Development -
05 Aug 2025Will Shipping Companies be found Legally Complicit in the Conduct of the Gaza War and Emerging Genocide?OPINION The issue of corporate legal risk and complicity in the transport of materials knowingly used in the conduct of the Gaza war and emerging genocide should be at the forefront of responsible business considerations by shipping entities, shareholders and supporting third-parties. The 7 OctoberAccess to Justice -
02 Aug 2025Collaborative Support for Indonesian Fishers engaged in Human Trafficking LawsuitAlongside other civil society organisations, Human Rights at Sea has decided to lend its support to a group of Indonesian fishers who have filed a human trafficking lawsuit for alledged abusiveAccess to JusticeSlavery at Sea -
30 Jul 2025Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea Now Available in TurkishHuman Rights at Sea is pleased to announce the publication of the Turkish translation of the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea. This important document, which consolidates and advances theLaw Reform and Policy Development
