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01 Jul 2018Concerning allegations over maritime recruitment practices and human rights abuses in IndiaHRAS Press Release Sunday 1 July 2018 LONDON.UK.Human Rights at Sea is concerned over allegations that came into light from seafarers on maritime recruitment practices in India that amount to modern slavery. Young seafarers are taking out loans to pay for courses, which promise lucrative jobs and -
20 Jun 2018World Refugee Day 2018 – Human Rights at Sea StatementPress Release 20 June 2018 World Refugee Day London.UK. World Refugee Day 2018 and the news for refugees and others in need of protection are worse than ever before. The European Union considers for -
12 Jun 2018HRAS shortlisted for the 2018 Safety at Sea AwardsPress Release Monday 11th June 2018 London.UK. Human Rights at Sea is very pleased to share the news that it has ben shortlisted for the 2018 Safety at Sea Awards for the Best Crew Welfare Programme -
08 Jun 2018NGO Shipbreaking Platform Publishes Annual Report 2017Press Release Friday 8th June 2018 London.UK. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform published yesterday its Annual Report for 2017. Each year the NGO Shipbreaking Platform collects data and publishes an annual list of ships dismantled worldwide. In 2017, 835 vessels were dismantled. 543 of these ships were -
08 Jun 2018Conference and Call for Papers: The EU as a Global Actor in Maritime SecurityNotice Friday 8th June 2018 UK.London. Leiden Law School hosts a conference on ‘The EU as a Global Actor in Maritime Security: Competences – Obligations – Accountability’ from 25 to 26 October 2018 -
18 May 2018Dr Sofia Galani on Piracy: the Human Rights and (wrongs); Interview for the Navigate ResponseReview 18 May 2018 UK. Exploring the piracy debate. Dr Sofia Galani, Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol and a Non-Executive Board of Advisors member of Human Rights at Sea gave a short -
08 May 2018Legal action before the ECtHR against Italy over its coordination of Libyan Coast Guard pull-backs resulting in migrant deaths and abusePress Release 8 May 2018 London. Italy’s collaboration with Libya to stop migrants and asylum seekers reaching Europe is facing a legal challenge over allegations that it has led to grave human rights violations against those crossing the Mediterranean, including torture and slavery. Seventeen -
01 May 2018Update on Shipbreaking in South Asia from the NGO Shipbreaking PlatformPress Release 1st of May 2018 Brussels. There were a total of 206 ships broken in the first quarter of 2018. Of these, 152 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia for dirty and dangerous breaking -
27 Apr 2018Court of Cassation Rome decides against the release of SAR vessel IUVENTA of Jugend Rettet E.V.Press Release 27 APRIL 2018 London. Human Rights at Sea is closely watching the ongoing situation in the central Mediterranean route, and is deeply concerned with the restrictive asylum policies of
