Tag: HRAS

As the effort to repatriate a stranded community of I-Kiribati seafarers accelerates, pressure is mounting on the Kiribati government to facilitate the return of its citizens.

Despite contemporary human rights concerns, UK Government believes that UNCLOS remains fit for purpose.

The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Select Committee received additional expert evidence from Dr Sofia Galani, Assistant Professor in Public International Law, Panteion University, Greece, and Professor Natalie Klein of the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia, covering the issue of the lack of application of human rights at sea under the UNCLOS regime.

An inquiry into the future of the United Nations on the Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS) and its applicability in 21st century has been launched by the UK House of Lords Select Committee on International Relations and Defence.

A globally dispersed community of seafarers from Kiribati are at the epicentre of a struggle for repatriation following their displacement during the crew change crisis.

The alleged abandoned Ali Bey's Syrian crew have been aboard the detained vessel at the port of Constanta, Romania since last November, and they are still waiting for a claimed $186,000 in allegedly unpaid back pay.

In the past months, Human Rights at Sea, along with in-country partners, has been pursuing its Maritime Levy Campaign in Australia.

In the past months, Human Rights at Sea, along with in-country partners, has been discreetly pursuing its Maritime Levy Campaign in Australia.

HRAS called upon the IMO to increase its level of transparency and factual detail in the public reporting of cases reflecting human and labour rights abuse of seafarers.

Kiribati’s maritime workforce urges government to bring home more than 250 I-Kiribati seafarers stranded overseas.