2019

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   Better labour inspection cuts abuses in the Thai fishing sector

   21 October 2019

   The ILO is training labour inspectors in Thailand as part of a project to prevent and reduce unacceptable forms of work in the country’s fishing and seafood industries.

2014

1. 

   Six months in force, eight years in the making: The ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 is now in full sail

   24 February 2014

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

2013

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   New Horizon for Vietnamese seafarers

   23 August 2013

   With the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 now in force, ratifying countries, like Vietnam, are turning to implementation.

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   Preventing seafaring dreams from turning into nightmares

   21 August 2013

   The coming into force of the Maritime Labour Convention on 20 August 2013 has particular resonance in the Philippines – the world’s leading supplier of seafarers. As a result, Filipino seafarers will see huge improvements to their working conditions on board ships.

2012

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   On course for decent shipping

   20 August 2012

   When the ILO adopted the Maritime Labour Convention in February 2006, Director-General Juan Somavia called it “making labour history”. Following the ratification by Russia and the Philippines, the Convention will come into force in 12 months’ time. What does this mean for the world’s 1.2 million seafarers?

2011

1. The MLC, 2006 will benefit both seafarers and quality shipowners

   09 May 2011

   Interview with Arthur Bowring, Managing Director of Hong Kong Shipowners Association

2. Why training is essential for the enforcement of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

   05 May 2011

   “This training activity is related to flag State ship inspection which is not just important, it is essential for the enforcement of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006”. - Interview with Dominick Devlin, Special Advisor on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 and one of the experts involved in the Maritime Labour Academy.

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

   03 May 2011

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

2010

1. Pacific regional tripartite workshop considered ILO Maritime Labour Convention

   30 November 2010

   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 ratification and implementation of the MLC, adopted by the ILO’s International Labour Conference in 2006.

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   Implementing the Maritime Labour Convention is "almost there"

   27 September 2010

   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 expected to come into force in 2011 or early 2012. ILO Online spoke with Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director of the ILO's International Labour Standards Department, about recent developments in the implementation of the Convention, and what the ILO and its Member States are doing to bring the Convention into force.