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21 May 2019City of Geneva formally supports Geneva Declaration DevelopmentPress 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 -
19 May 2019Iuventa Crew Receives Human Rights Award in SwitzerlandPress Release Friday 10 May 2019 London.UK. As a statement against the criminalisation of those helping people on the move, the Swiss Paul Grüninger Foundation is awarding this year’s prize to the -
18 May 2019WWF cite charity’s work in Pacific Fisheries Crew Welfare Licence InitiativePress 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 -
15 May 2019Positive attitude of future maritime lawyers & scholars to Human Rights at SeaPress Release 15th April 2019 London. UK. Future Government, flag State and commercial lawyers, as well as policy makers and academic scholars engaged in the Second Human Rights and Law of the Sea conference held at the World Maritime University International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) in Malta -
15 May 2019Bangladesh shipbreaking yard explosion kills two workers and severely injures fivePress Release Wednesday 15 June 2019 Reproduction from the NGO Shipbreaking Platform Press Release. ‘A loud blast in the early morning shook the Chittagong shipbreaking area. At around 8:30 AM, a fire -
30 Apr 2019New UK Share Fishermen Briefing Note PublishedPRESS RELEASE 30 April 2019 London. UK. Human Rights at Sea, alongside the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) and The Fishermen’s Mission, publishes today a new briefing note -
15 Apr 2019Rape at Sea, Flag State jurisdiction and the Search for JusticeCommentary 15th April 2019 London. UK. The alleged rape of a 17-year-old female UK national on the Panamanian flagged cruise ship MSC Divina as the ship sailed between Mallorca and the Spanish port of Valencia, brings to the forefront the issue of justice for victims of criminal acts at sea in -
11 Apr 2019NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #18Press Release Thursday 11 March 2019 London.UK. The NGO Shipbreaking platform and Supporting Entity of Human Rights at Sea publishes its South Asia Quarterly Update #18. Update Report There were a -
11 Apr 20192019 Empowering Women Conference Speech by Sayedeh Hajar HejaziPress Release 11th April 2019 London.UK. Attending the 2019 Empowering Women in the Maritime Community conference at the World Maritime University in Malmo, Sweden, Human Rights at Sea legal
