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Intervention by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder on « sustainable fisheries »

Intervention by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder on Sustainable Fisheries at "Our Ocean" conference, which was held in Malta, on 6 October 2017.

ILO Commitments - "Our Ocean" conference

ILO Commitments that stem from "Our Ocean" conference, which was held in Malta, on 6 October 2017.

Opening of Stella Maris Seafarer’s Center in Samaesarn, 23 June 2017

Seafarers’ identity documents

The Seafarers’ Identity Document: Moving to an e-SID compatible with ICAO Doc 9303

Article by John Campbell, Technical Advisor to the ILO, published in the Keesing Journal of Documents & Identity in June 2017

United Republic of Tanzania ratifies ILO Maritime Labour (2006) and Seafarers identity documents No. 185 (2003) conventions

Becomes the 5th and 13th country in Africa to ratify seafarer’s identity documents and Maritime Labour conventions respectively

Labour Standards

Jamaica renews commitment toward International Labour Standards

Jamaica ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) and the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Indonesia ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Indonesia, an important actor of international maritime trade, is the 83rd Member State of the ILO that ratifies this convention.

Seafarers’ identity documents

Seafarers’ identity documents: New requirements enter into force triggering renewed momentum for the ratification of Convention No. 185

Tanzania considers ratification of two ILO Maritime Conventions

Government, ship-owners, representatives of seafarers and ILO have been consulted by the Parliamentary Legal and Constitutional Affairs committee on the gains of the process

Upholding labour protection in fishing sector

Fishing is one of the most challenging, hazardous and high risk occupations. Difficult working and living conditions on board fishing vessels are common in fishing regardless the type of fishing operation or where it is taking place. Compared to...

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Tunisia ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Tunisia, an important actor of international maritime trade, is the 82nd Member State of the ILO that ratifies this convention

Maritime Labour Convention

Seafarers and their families now ensured of protection in cases of abandonment, death, and long-term disability

Foreign ships entering the ports of States for which the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 is in force will be inspected for compliance by port State control authorities.

Maritime Labour Convention

Sri Lanka ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Sri Lanka is the 81st ILO member State and the 16th Asian State to have ratified the Convention

EU-wide legislation adopted to improve working conditions in the fishing sector

On 19 December the Council of the EU formally adopted the EU Directive giving legal effect to an agreement negotiated by the European social partners to implement the ILO Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188).

Fishing Labour Convention

ILO Work in Fishing Convention No.188 (2007) to enter into force

Landmark Convention will boost global efforts to ensure decent work for the world’s 38 million workers in the fishing sector.

Maritime Labour Convention

Albania ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

On 28th of October 2016, the Government of Albania deposited with the International Labour Office (ILO) the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006).

Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188)

Entry into force of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188), imminent following ratification by Angola

On 11 October 2016, the Government of the Republic of Angola deposited with the International Labour Office (ILO) the instrument of ratification of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188).

Maritime Labour Convention

Seafarers and their families ensured of protection in cases of abandonment, death, and long-term disability

ILO member States have confirmed the amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention ensuring better protection to seafarers and their families in case of abandonment, death, and long-term disability.

Ratification of the Labour Maritime Convention

Indonesia ratifies the ILO Convention on Maritime Labour

Indonesia has ratified the 2006 ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006), which is aimed to strengthen the protection of Indonesian sailors and ship crewmen, through an unanimous approval by the Indonesian House of Representatives during a...

Maritime Labour Convention

Algeria ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Algeria is the 79th Member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.