Tag: HRAS

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.

Human Rights at Sea urges the Australian Government to reinforce political will and national legislative pathways to assure sustainable and long-term welfare support in law through existing maritime levy structures.

According to Human Rights at Sea (HRAS), indiscriminate attacks against the vessels and their seafarers who are caught up in the conflict and remain in the firing line, constitute war crimes.

Human Rights at Sea informs that the introduction of a dedicated maritime levy in New Zealand is visibly maximizing support for seafarers.