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21 Oct 2021First Legal Action for Damages against Frontex Before The Court of Justice of the European UnionPress Release Thursday 21 October 2021 London.UK. The first ever legal action for damages against Frontex has been filed before the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on behalf of a family of a Syrian family that was returned from Greece to Turkey on a flight operated by Frontex and Greece. TheLaw Reform and Policy -
14 Oct 2021Confronting the sexual abuse narrative pervading an indifferent shipping industryEDITORIAL 14 October 2021 London. UK. The Lloyds List article ‘Maersk suspends crew after rape allegation involving cadet’ has rightly challenged the current narrative and stigmas around reportingEquality at Sea -
06 Oct 2021Expansion of Port Welfare Committees in Australia driven by the changing dynamics of seafarer carePress Release 6 October 2021 “Australia still leads the way in this respect, as there are not many countries around the world that have a network of welfare committees operating in the ports toLaw Reform and Policy -
30 Sep 2021World Maritime Day 2021: Bitter-Sweet and still failing to effectively tackle Impunity and Abuse at SeaOPINION 30 September 2021 London. UK. World Maritime Day is celebrated annually on 30 September with a new theme. This year it is framed as “Seafarers: at the core of shipping’s future” which seems ironic that something so obvious (workers enabling businesses to operate) is being so positioned andLaw Reform and Policy -
22 Sep 2021New Case Study Addressing the Future of Seafaring in KiribatiPress Release 22 September 2021 London. UK. / Brisbane, Australia. A globally dispersed community of seafarers from Kiribati are at the epicentre of an arduous struggle for repatriation followingLaw Reform and Policy -
16 Sep 2021HRAS Pursues Australian Legislative Change for Long-Term Maritime Levy Seafarer SupportPress Release 16 September 2021 LONDON. UK. In the past months, Human Rights at Sea, along with in-country partners, has been discreetly pursuing its Maritime Levy Campaign in Australia. This isLaw Reform and Policy -
15 Sep 2021Abandoned ALI BEY Crew Provide Bleak Video Testimony of their Circumstances in RomaniaPress Release 15 September 2021 “We’re still living here in the vessel like a jail…we can not go outside, we can not make anything, we live only in the shipping and the berth and now also winter is coming…and we are afraid too much from the treatment [of us]” London. UK. / Constanza, Romania. TheLaw Reform and Policy -
13 Sep 2021Wesfarmers Modern Slavery Statement 2021 focuses on Seafarers’ Human Rights ProtectionsPress Release London. UK. Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) has worked with Wesfarmers, one of Australia’s largest-listed companies, to improve contractual safeguards within head agreements with shippingLaw Reform and Policy -
09 Sep 2021English Channel Migrants and Refugees: Safety of Life at Sea Comes FirstPress Release [Updated] 9 September 2021 London. UK. On the English south coast bordering The English Channel the number of migrants and refugees crossing from France to England seeking a betterMigrants & Refugees
