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02 Aug 2021‘Developing Human Rights at Sea’ available via Open Access of the Ocean Yearbook 35th EditionPress Release Wednesday 2 August 2021 London. UK. Steven Haines, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Greenwich, London, and Trustee of Human Rights at Sea has published an article titled ‘Developing Human Rights at Sea’ as part of the Ocean Yearbook Volume 35 Issue 1 which isAbout us
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29 Jul 2021HRAS Reviews Call for Global Seafarer Advocacy OrganisationReview 29 July 2021 London. UK. There is a clear need for a more coordinated approach to supporting seafarers where resources are pooled into a single body that can leverage legal expertise andLaw Reform and Policy
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27 Jul 2021Shipbreaking in Turkey results in two deathsPress Release Tuesday 27 July 2021 LONDON.UK. HRAS partner, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform reported today that another fatal accident recently took place at the ship recycling yards of Aliağa, TurkeySlavery at Sea
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27 Jul 2021Herbert Smith Freehills highlights HRAS Arbitration Tribunal ProjectPress Release 27 July 2021 London. UK. The international law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, has highlighted the ongoing arbitration project work of Human Rights at Sea and Shearman and Sterling LLP in developing a new voluntary victim-led route to effective remedy for abuses suffered at sea byLaw Reform and Policy
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27 Jul 2021UAE Government Resolution to help address Abandonment and Seafarers’ RightsPress Release 27 July 2021 London. UK. On 1 July 2021, the UAE Government’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure issued Cabinet Resolution No. (71) of 2021 on ‘Marine Wrecks And Violating Ships’ asLaw Reform and Policy
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22 Jul 2021Concern for seafarers during pandemic sparks new initiatives in Japanese Law SchoolProfile 22 July 2021 London. UK. / Tokyo, Japan. Professor Mariko Kawano’s interest in international law has always included the rights of individuals, but the plight of seafarers during the COVID-19Law Reform and Policy
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20 Jul 2021Vatican Points to Deep Contradiction in Maritime IndustryLondon. UK. Today, the ongoing global welfare crisis affecting seafarers and their families is discussed with Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) by representatives of The Vatican and Stella Maris International further exposing concerns over the fragmentation of seafarers’ rights across the global maritimeLaw Reform and Policy
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20 Jul 2021Safeguarding Cadets from Physical and Mental Abuse: Lessons for the FuturePress Release 20 July 2021 London. UK. Following an incident onboard a Liberian flagged container vessel entering UK territorial waters in February 2021 in which a male engineering cadet was attackedLaw Reform and Policy
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18 Jul 2021Panama Maritime Authority acknowledges mistake in MV ALI BEY Case on ILO Abandonment DatabasePress Release 18 July 2021 London. UK. The ongoing case of the Panama-flagged, Turkish owned, MV ALI BEY (IMO 9070515) vessel arrested in Constanta Port, Romania and abandoned since 30 November 2020Law Reform and Policy