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23 May 2019India. Forum for Integrated National Security Seminar ‘Human Rights at Sea’ report publishedPress 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
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21 May 2019Human Rights Abuse & Amputations in Fijian Crewed FisheriesPress Release 20th May 2019 “They had to amputate my fingers because of gangrene. I remember how humiliated I was at the CWM Hospital because I couldn’t use my hands to go to the toilet.” London. UK
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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
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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 Iuventa 10 humanitarian search and rescue NGO vessel, whilst the crew is under criminal investigations
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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
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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
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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 broke out on board the vessel BUNGA KELANA 4 (IMO 9178343), beached at Mahinur Ship Breaking yard
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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
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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