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29 Nov 2022Maritime New Zealand Requests HRAS Advisory Opinion on a Future Model for Sustainable Seafarer Welfare Funding.Human Rights at Sea continues to work closely with the New Zealand Government’s maritime agency, Maritime New Zealand, providing a consultative advisory opinion on the core structure and key requirements for the forthcoming state-led policy review on maritime levies and sustainable welfare fundingLaw Reform and Policy -
23 Nov 2022NGO Observers request WCPFC consideration of enhancements to proposed fishers' safety, security and well-being regulationA collective of Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) observer NGOs have come together to publicly share their detailed concerns around the implementation of a new conservation andLaw Reform and Policy -
21 Nov 2022U.S. Ocean Climate Action Plan Must Include Increased Measures to Address IUU fishing and Associated Human Rights Abuses at SeaAlongside leading environmental, human and labour rights organisations, Human Rights at Sea has added its support for the need to include measures to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU)Law Reform and Policy -
18 Nov 2022UN: Human Rights Abuses At Sea By Mercenaries and Private Military and Security Companies Highlight the Urgent Need For Oversight of Maritime SecurityHuman Rights at Sea have engaged with The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCR) UN Working Group on a report highlighting the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of people's right to self-determination. "While these shifts carry theLaw Reform and Policy -
14 Nov 2022Combating the Smuggling of Migrants at SeaHuman Rights at Sea Board Member Participates in UNODC Training on Smuggling of Migrants at Sea. On Thursday, 3rd November, Dr Marika McAdam, member of the Human Rights at Sea Board of TrusteesAbout usMigrants & Refugees -
08 Nov 2022Italy Faces Legal Action as it Blocks Migrants from Disembarking Charity Rescue Ship."I'm just a seaman doing his job rescuing people in distress.." SOS Humanity has promised to take legal action against the decree of the Italian government and the prevention of the disembarkation ofMigrants & Refugees -
07 Nov 2022Opinion: Sustainable seafarer onshore welfare funding. Pertinent lessons from the past.First published by Daily Cargo News | Monday, 7th November 2022 By David Hammond, CEO, Human Rights at Sea “What an indictment on the UN system and to the shipping industry of the 21st century that such a salient piece of international legislation depends upon the full participation of charitableLaw Reform and Policy -
31 Oct 2022As the UK announces another new Prime Minister: We ask, what will this mean for people living, working, or transiting at sea?Two months after losing the leadership race to Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak has been given a second chance at running the United Kingdom after winning the latest Tory leadership competition. At his firstEquality at SeaLaw Reform and PolicyMigrants & Refugees -
25 Oct 2022Professor Irini Papanicolopulu Joins the Human Rights at Sea, Board of Trustees.Human Rights at Sea is delighted to formally announce the further expansion of its Board of Trustees with the appointment of Professor Irini Papanicolopulu. Irini is currently an Associate ProfessorAbout us
