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31 May 2016Case Study: New Zealand Foreign Charter Vessels Amendment Act in force – protecting fishers?“Once vessels are flagged to New Zealand the full range of New Zealand law including employment relations and workplace health and safety law will automatically apply and be enforceable.” Hon NATHAN GUY (Minister for Primary Industries) 14 February 2013 Over the last decade, the New Zealand fishing -
18 May 2016Greek Search and Rescue Services BoostedIMRF CEO Bruce Reid addressing the guests at the opening London, Wednesday, May 18. A new lifeboat station has been opened on the Greek island of Chios – with the co-operation of International -
17 May 2016May 17 – International Day Against Homophobia and TransphobiaIDAHOT – INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA “Mental Health and Well Being” www.dayagainsthomophobia.org Source: Stonewall Since 2005, May 17th has been dedicated to IDAHOT ( -
17 May 2016Maritime Business and Human Rights, CSR and supply chain activitiesHow can all stakeholders in the maritime supply chain ensure that the issues surrounding human rights at sea are properly and clearly addressed within their day-to-day business activities? Many companies in the maritime sector are very aware that good business practice requires a proactive approach -
09 May 2016Thailand: First Court Hearing for Human Trafficking Case of Migrant Fishing Boat WorkersPress Release Trang Provincial Court Set First Court Hearing for Human Trafficking Case of Migrant Fishing Boat Workers from Myanmar on 13 May 2016 Background On 21 October 2015, officers from the -
09 May 2016Collision: Two Dead, Seventeen Missing in East China SeaReproduced from By MarEx 2016-05-07 with permission Seventeen people are missing after a Chinese fishing boat collided with a Maltese bulk carrier and sank in the East China Sea on Saturday. Two of -
09 May 2016New Migrant rescue NGO ProActiva Open Arms joins Human Rights at SeaHuman Rights at Sea is pleased to announce that the NGO ProActiva Open Arms has joined with the charity as a Supporting Entity enabling overt and mutual support to respective work areas. Proactiva Open Arms, an NGO based in Barcelona (Spain), was founded in September 2015 in order to carry out -
09 May 2016Job Vacancy: US NGO FishWise seeks maritime Human Rights Project ManagerJOB VACANCY Human Rights at Sea is pleased to be able support one of its partner organisations in the United States in searching of a high quality individual to join the FishWise team in Santa Barbara -
28 Apr 2016Human Rights at Sea expands its global flagship ‘Missing Seafarers & Fishers Reporting Programme’PRESS RELEASE HUMAN RIGHTS AT SEA 28 April 2016. Human Rights at Sea expands global flagship programme to record and investigate cases of missing seafarers to now include missing fishers at sea. The
