UN agency finds governments in breach of international law, urges quick fix to the crew change crisis

In a landmark ruling the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has found that governments have breached seafarers’ rights and failed to comply with several provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 during the Covid-19 pandemic, including Article I(2) on the duty to cooperate. The UN agency has called on states to recognise seafarers as key …

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