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21 Aug 2019Seafarer abuse continues with low settlement offers for outstanding wagesPress Release & Comment 21st August 2019 London, UK. This evening Human Rights at Sea was contacted in desperation by a seafarer and Indian national 34-year-old Vikas Mishra from Jaunpur who had previously suffered 35 months and 13 days onboard the UAE flagged MV Tamim Aldar owned by Eliteway Marine
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12 Aug 2019Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea featured on Swiss RTS RadioPress Release 12th August 2019 Geneva. Switzerland. Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), the Geneva based Swiss public broadcasting organisation introduced and featured the Geneva Declaration on Human
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12 Aug 2019Independent review of UAE legal and policy protections for SeafarersPress Release 12th August 2019 Dubai. UAE. / London. UK. Human Rights at Sea today issues an independent review and briefing note on the current legal and policy protections for seafarers operating in
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06 Aug 2019China fishing vessel safety workshop looks towards treaty ratificationPress Release 6th August 2019 London. UK. [Reproduction of IMO Press Release] National workshop discussed China’s potential ratification and implementation of fisheries-related conventions, including IMO’s 2012 Cape Town Agreement (CTA), aimed at improving safety standards on fishing vessels, and
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06 Aug 2019Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency enacts new crew welfare regulationsPress Release 6th August 2019 London. UK. Human Rights at Sea is pleased to report that as of 23 May 2019, the 17 member State Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has enacted new agreed minimum terms
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24 Jul 2019Pacific Fisheries Abuses: Testimony of Fijian Fishing Widows, Mother and SisterPress Release 24th July 2019 “He was stabbed with a knife below his heart by a Chinese crewman.” London. UK. In partnership with Fijian-based NGO, Pacific Dialogue, Human Rights at Sea publishes the
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22 Jul 2019Iranian Ship Detentions: Time for updated Deprivation of Liberty at Sea GuidancePress 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
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18 Jul 2019HRAS Advisory Board Member becomes first female ITLOS Judge ad hocPress Release 18th July 2019 Photo Credit: ITLOS/University of Basel London. UK. Human Rights at Sea is delighted to report that Prof. Dr. Anna Petrig, Professor of International Law at the University
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18 Jul 2019UN experts condemn criminalisation of migrant rescues and threats to the independence of judiciaryPress Release 18th July 2019 Reproduced Article. GENEVA (18 July 2019) – UN human rights experts* have expressed grave concern over the detention and criminal proceedings in Italy against the German