Joint IMO/ILO Ad Hoc Expert Working Group on Liability and Compensation regarding Claims for Death, Personal Injury and Abandonment of Seafarers (March 2009)

The Joint IMO/ILO Ad Hoc Expert Working Group was established in 1998, to consider questions of liability and compensation in connection with crew claims, to ensure, through the operation of appropriate international instruments, the rights of crew members/seafarers to adequate compensation for loss of life, personal injury and abandonment, and to formulate suitable recommendations to the IMO Legal Committee and the Governing Body of the ILO, as appropriate.

The Ninth Session of the Joint IMO/ILO Ad Hoc Working Group on Liability and Compensation Regarding Claims for Death, Personal Injury and Abandonment of Seafarers was held at the headquarters of the ILO from 2 - 6 March 2009.