London.UK. Human Rights at Sea today publishes its sixth annual report for reporting period between May 2019 - June 2020 continuing to assure transparency in all areas of its national and international work and its use of donor funds....
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WCPFC 17: Human and Labour Rights Developments and Challenges
London. UK. Human Rights at Sea has Observer status with the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and attended the virtual WCPFC 17th Regular Session between 7-15th December 2020. The charitable NGO presented a detailed intervention on its peer-reviewed proposal for a new and dedicated Conservation and Management Measure (CMM) and follow on paper...
Podcast: Legal and Policy position of Mediterranean seaborne rescue and Maersk Etienne Case
London. UK. As part of the Shoreline insurance podcast series, Human Rights at Sea along with Control Risks participated in the most recent episode covering the policy and legal issues raised by the recent Maersk Etienne case in the central Mediterranean during August 2020....
Global Arbitration Review Article on Innovative Arbitration Development
Press Release 26 May 2020 London. UK. With permission, the Global Arbitration Review journal ‘GAR’ has allowed Human Rights at Sea to reproduce its recent international article on 5 May 2020 about the development of the new joint development project with the Paris-based arbitration team of Shearman & Sterling LLP into assessing whether or...
French Version of new Human Rights at Sea Arbitration White Paper Published
London. UK / Paris. France. Following the joint launch by Human Rights at Sea and Shearman & Sterling LLP of the inaugural White Paper: 'Arbitration as a Means of Effective Remedy for Human Rights Abuses at Sea' on 24 March, today, the document is published in French to expand global coverage of the project....
Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea on-line platform launched on World Human Rights Day
London. UK.The 10thof December is World Human Rights Day. This is the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is a key date in the calendar for human rights defenders to profile their valuable, challenging and often dangerous work helping to uphold and develop human rights provisions,...
Iranian Ship Detentions: Time for updated Deprivation of Liberty at Sea Guidance
Press Release 22 July 2019 London. UK. Following the detention by Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces of the UK-flagged Stena Impero on Friday 19 July and the latest reported actions which have seen the 23 person crew taken off the ship for “questioning”, Human Rights at Sea renews its call for widely-accepted UN guidance outlining the...
India Driving National Human Rights at Sea Agenda
Press Release 15th July 2019 London, UK. The Indian Government and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) are driving forward with the newly created ‘human rights at sea’ agenda in quick time following the first national seminar on the topic held in Mumbai on 28 February 2019, and last week’s historic NHRC meeting in New...
India. Forum for Integrated National Security Seminar ‘Human Rights at Sea’ report published
Press Release 23 May 2019 London. UK. / Mumbai. India. With permission, Human Rights at Sea publishes the final report and recommendations of the 2019 Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS) seminar on ‘Human Rights at Sea’ held at The Leela Hotel, Mumbai on 28 February 2019. The report details the current discussion, issues and...
City of Geneva formally supports Geneva Declaration Development
Press Release 21st May 2019 Geneva. Switzerland. In a significant move, the City of Geneva has formally supported and endorsed the development of Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea in a signing ceremony held at the Palace Eynard in Geneva between the Mayor of Geneva, Mr. Sami Kanaan, and the Founder of the charity, Human...
WWF cite charity’s work in Pacific Fisheries Crew Welfare Licence Initiative
Press Release 18th May 2019 London. UK. The recent Human Rights at Sea and NGO Pacific Dialogue Fijian fisheries case study about Mesake Kaisuva by his widow Salote Kaisuva, has been used by WWF Western and Central Pacific Tuna Programme Team to brief the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Working Group...
Fishermen’s Welfare and Human Rights Report for Ascension Island EEZ Published
PRESS RELEASE 13 December 2018 LONDON. UK. Human rights at Sea today publishes a commissioned report undertaken by the charity’s not-for-profit trading consultancy Human Rights at Sea International Ltd, which is a comparative independent assessment of the potential risks to the welfare and human rights of fishermen operating within the Ascension Island Exclusive Economic Zone...
Open letter to UNHCR
PRESS RELEASE 31 July 2018 London. UK. Human Rights at Sea has joined nine other leading NGOs in an open letter to UNHCR over the ongoing handling of the Mediterranean crisis. To the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Filippo Grandi, The signing organizations have been closely monitoring the latest developments...
Press Release: New Human Rights at Sea Research Ethics Policy Published
Human Rights at Sea today publishes the first edition of its new Research Ethics Policy as part of its continuing drive to assure transparency and accountable governance while undertaking professional research in meeting its Charitable Objectives. CEO & Founder, David Hammond, said: “I am very grateful to the Human Rights at Sea team for their hard work in bringing...
