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February 2012

1. News item

   ILO launches comprehensive new database on labour standards

   12 February 2012

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a comprehensive new database providing open access to the latest information on ILO international labour standards as well as national labour and social security laws.

December 2006

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   Article

   Abandoned but not lost: Towards global protection for abandoned seafarers

   07 December 2006

   The complexities of globalization and its impact on shipping have made helping seafarers abandoned in foreign ports more pressing than ever. A recently created ILO database on reported incidents of abandonment of seafarers ( Note 1) is the first step in this direction. Since January 2004, the database has registered 40 cases of abandonment worldwide.