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22 Jun 2023Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea Receives Ukrainian EngagementOn Wednesday 14 June 2023, an online briefing in close co-operation with the Ukrainian International Law Association was held with State, legal, academic and local attendees from across Ukraine and the United Kingdom to discuss development of the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea. Led byAccess to JusticeLaw Reform and Policy Development -
11 May 2023ASC Submits First Comprehensive Response for HRAS Fisheries and Aquaculture Certification QuestionnaireThe Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has completed a full review of their records since inception for the response and submission to Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) and its voluntary seafoodEquality at Sea -
04 May 2023New Falklands Fisheries Patrol Vessel (FPV) LILIBET to Impact Crime and Abuse at SeaThe next generation of Falkland Islands fisheries protection vessel aims increasingly to target Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and associated criminal activities in the island’sLaw Reform and Policy Development -
01 May 2023South Atlantic Fisheries Enforcement with the Falkland Islands Maritime AuthorityWithout effective enforcement at sea, impunity and associated unlawful activities in the waters around the Falkland Islands threaten not just wider ocean conservation but the responsible management and value of the natural resources. Over the past weeks, Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) has been in theLaw Reform and Policy Development -
06 Jan 2023New Decree Obstructs Lifesaving Rescue Efforts at Sea and Will Cause More DeathsHuman Rights at Sea has joined with a range of civil society organisations to issue the following statement: "We, civil organisations engaged in search and rescue (SAR) activities in the centralMigrants & Refugees -
13 Jul 2022UK Government shines much needed light onto hidden issue of suicide of seafarersAnalysis The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has published research into the mental health crisis affecting seafarers specifically highlighting suicide at sea including the lack of reliable dataAccess to JusticeLaw Reform and Policy Development -
23 Jun 2022Maritime Humanitarian Corridors in Ukraine (Part 2)Part II: Re-Establishing Exports from Ukraine Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is already causing disastrous effects on global food and agricultural supplies. Ukraine is one of the world’s foremost grain exporters. But, at the moment, millions of tons of grain remain trapped in Ukraine (footnote 1). TheAccess to JusticeLaw Reform and Policy Development -
16 Jun 2022Weak UK Government response to House of Lords UNCLOS Inquiry and explicit human rights at sea recommendationsOpinion The UK Government has responded to the International Defence and Relations Committee Inquiry into the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 being 'Fit for Purpose in theLaw Reform and Policy Development -
06 Jun 2022First European and International Human Rights at Sea (EHRAS) course successfully held in ItalyThe first annual European and International Human Rights at Sea course – the EHRAS project, led by Professor Irini Papanicolopulu at the University of Milano-Bicocca, and co-funded by the EU under theLaw Reform and Policy Development
