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16 Feb 2016Film Shows Horror of Mediterranean Migrant Crossingsfilm debuted at the 2016 Berlin film festival shows the bodies of migrants so tightly packed in the hold of a boat that they died of asphyxiation within hours of starting their voyage across the Mediterranean. Director Gianfranco Rosi’s says his two-hour documentary film “Fuocoammare” (Fire at Sea)Migrants & Refugees -
13 Feb 2016IMRF organises donation of lifejackets to Bangladesh FishermenOne thousand lifejackets have been donated to Bangladesh fisherman following an initiative launched by the Asia Pacific arm of the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF). Along with memberEquality at Sea
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13 Feb 2016Forced labour in Thai fishing: global unions lodge ILO complaintForced labour in Thai fishing: global unions lodge ILO complaint The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have today submitted a
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13 Feb 2016NGO Criticizes Maersk’s Ship Recycling PlanBy MarEx 2016-02-12 13:35:25 Shipbreaking at Alang (courtesy IMO) Ship recycling advocacy organization NGO Shipbreaking Platform issued a statement Friday strongly criticizing Maersk Group’s plan to send its vessels to Alang, India’s beaching shipbreakers, and to work with Alang’s yards to improveLaw Reform and Policy
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10 Feb 2016First Family Impact Statement of the Missing Seafarers & Fishers Reporting Programme publishedHuman Rights at Sea Press Release Immediate First Family Impact Statement of the Missing Seafarers & Fishers Reporting Programme published Human Rights at Sea announces the publication of the firstAccess to Justice
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08 Feb 2016Annual Letter to United Nations Global Compact ParticipantsHuman Rights at Sea has been a member of the UN Global Compact since 2015 Posted by Lise Kingo, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Are you ready to make the Sustainable Development Goals work for
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03 Feb 2016IMHR announces impressive speaker line-upGlobal maritime industry leaders and world-renowned human rights advocates are among the first confirmed speakers at the first International Maritime Human Rights Conference. Taking place at Royal College of Surgeons, London, 14 September 2016, the International Maritime Human Rights conference aims
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01 Feb 2016The Human Rights responsibilities of commercial vessels when rescuing migrants at seaHuman Rights at Sea recommends: NIKOLAS FEITH TAN While shipmasters have always played a role in search and rescue at sea, the current crisis in the Mediterranean has placed great pressure on theMigrants & Refugees
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01 Feb 2016EU Social Partners promote ratification of ILO Work in Fishing Convention C188 in BulgariaDuring a meeting held on 28 January in Sofia, Bulgaria, the European Social Partners in Fisheries*, the ETF and Europêche, promoted together with the ILO ** the swift ratification of the ILO Work inLaw Reform and Policy
