Tag: HRAS

The UK-based Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme (CHIRP) has joined forces with Human Rights at Sea to share resources, investigate incidents of egregious human rights abuse at sea and pursue justice for victims.

Wilton Park published its report on “Human Rights Law at Sea”, discussing the key themes of discussion, problems identified, and recommendations for possible ways forward concerning human rights protections at sea.

A number of civil society organisations engaged in search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea expressed concerns regarding the latest attempt by a European government to obstruct assistance to people in distress at sea. 

According to David Hammond, CEO, Human Rights at Sea, "2023 is rapidly shaping to be another challenging, if not deadly, year for human rights defenders alongside the necessary drive for greater access to justice and associated effective remedies."

Human Rights at Sea has added its support for the need to include measures to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and forced labour in seafood supply chains in the development of a U.S. Ocean Climate Action Plan (OCAP).

Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) have engaged with The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCR) UN Working Group on a report highlighting the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of people's right to self-determination.

Human Rights at Sea supports the launch of "Humanity 1", which set sail from Spain for the Central Mediterranean on Saturday, 27th August 2022, for its first mission on behalf of the German Aid group, SOS Humanity.

Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) continues to lobby for the inclusion of fundamental human rights protections for persons at sea to be included within the proposed UNCLOS marine biological diversity Convention being presently discussed by States at the UN.

The six remaining Indian crew onboard the Indian flagged vessel the MV Sai Arambh have been reportedly abandoned since 18 October 2019 in the Port of Colombo, totalling over 32 months with limited support, says HRAS.

Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) notes that the UK Government's response to the International Defence and Relations Committee Inquiry into the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 being 'Fit for Purpose in the 21st Century' is weak in respect to human rights protections for people at sea.