Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) and others have launched an initiative to promote the implementation of internationally agreed guidelines for the fair treatment of shipboard workers after a marine accident.
The London-based organisation is leading the move, which led to a joint government and industry conference in Manila this week where governments from leading labour-supply countries committed to the cause.
We want to raise awareness of the fair treatment of seafarers at international, regional and local levels
SRI executive director Deirdre Fitzpatrick, who was closely involved with the event, said it is clear many countries are not implementing the IMO guidelines into national legislation and are failing to abide by them more than a decade...
