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Making an impact, international progress on implementing the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Interview with Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, ILO International Labour Standards Department, ILO, Geneva

Keynote address on Overview of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, status on implementation and emerging Issues

By Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, International Labour Standards Department, ILO, Geneva at the Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue on the Maritime Labour Convention, 3-6 May 2011, Cairns, Australia

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The Swiss Confederation ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of its adoption

Switzerland is the 12th Member State, the 6th European country, and the first landlocked State with maritime interests, to ratify the MLC, 2006. The Swiss ratification gives a major boost to the ratification campaign launched by the ILO...

Pacific regional tripartite workshop considered ILO Maritime Labour Convention

The workshop that was held in Nadi, Fiji from 27 to 29 October 2010 brought together seafarers, ship-owners and government labour and maritime officers from Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu to promote the...

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ratifies Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006)

Pacific Island Countries explore ratification of the ILO Maritime Labour Convention

The ILO Workshop on Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, is held on 27-29 October 2010.

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Implementing the Maritime Labour Convention is "almost there"

When the ILO adopted the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006), in February 2006, Director-General Juan Somavia said the Organization had made "labour history" for the world's more than 1.2 million seafarers. Four years on, the Convention is...

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Canada joins other key maritime States to help bring seafarers' decent work Convention into force

The Government of Canada deposited its instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 with the International Labour Office on 15 June. Canada is the first North American country to ratify this key maritime labour Convention,...

Opening message at the International Committee on Seafarer's Welfare 5th South East Asia Regional Welfare Committee Meeting

By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO-Manila, Manila, Philippines

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Russia ratifies ILO’s Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention

The Russian Federation has ratified the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The Representative of the Russian Federation, Mr. Dmitry Gonchar, delivered Russia’s...

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EU Presidency holder Spain becomes first EU state to ratify key ILO Maritime Labour Convention

Spain, which currently holds the European Union Presidency, has become the first EU member state to ratify the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, in a major step toward bringing into force a new,...

Achieving the seafarers' international bill of rights - half way there!

When the International Labour Organization adopted the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) on 23 February 2006, Director-General Juan Somavia called it a historic moment for the world’s more than 1.2 million seafarers. Three years later this key...

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Achieving the seafarers’ international bill of rights: more than half way there!

When the ILO adopted the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) on 23 February 2006, Director-General Juan Somavia called it a historic moment for the world’s more than 1.2 million seafarers. Three years on, in line with the ILO’s five-year Action Plan,...

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Norway ratifies ILO Maritime Labour Convention

The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway, H.E. Ms. Angell-Hansen, today deposited the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, with the International Labour Organization on behalf of her Government. Norway is the first...

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Panama Ratifies ILO Maritime Labour Convention

The Ambassador of the Republic of Panama, HE Mr. Juan Alberto Castillero, deposited the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 with the International Labour Organization. Panama, the largest flag State in the world, with...

Setting sail for a decent future

More than 300 senior representatives of seafarers, shipowners and governments are meeting in Geneva (15 to 26 September) to discuss the new Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC).The MLC is described as a “bill of rights” for the world’s more than...

Bahamas ratifies major new ILO Maritime Labour Convention

The Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas today handed over its instrument of ratification of the historic Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Strengthening security on the high seas and in world ports: ILO Convention on seafarers’ ID card gains new momentum

A growing number of countries have already ratified the ILO's Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention No.185 adopted in 2003 or will do so in the near future. The international Convention came into force in February 2005 and creates the first...

Fresh research reveals serious human rights violations of young foreign migrant workers in Thailand

A year-long study finds exploitation, coercion and intimidation in homes, farms, factories and fishing boats.

Abandoned but not lost: Towards global protection for abandoned seafarers

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...