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22 Mar 2016Building a Rights Culture: How Workers can Lead Change in Thai SeafoodPhoto credit: MWRN A joint publication by the International Labour Rights Forum (ILRF) and the Migrant Workers Rights Network (MWRN) Egregious labor rights abuses, including forced labor and human trafficking, have been documented across Thailand’s seafood sector in dozens of reports over more than
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19 Mar 2016The HRAS Interview: Dr Henrik Sornn-Friese – A New Agenda for the Maritime Supply ChainA New Agenda for the Maritime Supply Chain Sustainability expectations are growing in the shipping industry, and a new agenda is emerging. Dr Henrik Sornn-Friese is working to unify what have been
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17 Mar 2016Why BP should be congratulated on their approach to business and human rightsHuman Rights at Sea Commentary As a maritime human rights charity for whom the topic of business and human rights, its implementation in the maritime environment and advocacy in support of awareness
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12 Mar 2016New infographics for eyeWitness at Sea Human Rights evidence gathering appHuman Rights at Sea is pleased to announce that the latest explanatory infographics detailing how the eyeWitness App for collecting picture and video evidence at sea can be downloaded and installed. It is now available in six languages: English, French, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Arabic. These
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12 Mar 2016Seafarers: The Forgotten WorkforceVideo is currently unavailable. For some people art is purely for decoration or entertainment, but for community artists in the Big hART group it is a powerful form of communication, often associated
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12 Mar 2016Global Fishing Watch Enables Clear View of Fishing in Marine Protected AreasGlobal Fishing Watch Enables Clear View of Fishing in Marine Protected Areas New Tech Tool Can Test the Success of Phoenix Islands Protected Area WASHINGTON – Oceana has released a new report
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12 Mar 2016Seaman Guard Ohio: “Foreign Mercenaries”Source: The Maritime Executive. Reproduced with permission. In an radio interview on BBC World Service news this week, a former Indian seafarer defended his country’s imprisonment of the men on board the armory vessel Seaman Guard Ohio with the defense that soldiers sail on naval ships not merchant
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02 Mar 2016European Parliament Motion for Resolution concerning MV Seaman Guard Ohio case – HRAS CommentThe continuing case of the incarceration following sentencing in January 2016 of the crew and Private Maritime Security guards of the MV Seaman Guard Ohio gains European Parliament attentionLaw Reform and Policy
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01 Mar 2016Press Release: Significant blow to crew of Seaman Guard Ohio by Indian High CourtHuman Rights at Sea comments on the latest developments in the ongoing matter of the detained crew of the former U.S.-owned anti-piracy vessel, the MV Seaman Guard Ohio. It is with regret that the