This section contains various reports, guidances, briefings, and meeting reports published by the Ocean and Human Rights Platform.
It also contains selected publications from external sources covering ocean and human rights issues. Publications from external organisations are labelled (Ext) and following those links will take you away from the Ocean Platform website.
To have your publication listed here, please contact Francesca Fairbairn.
The Ocean Platform has also produced a series of topic briefings covering the business and human rights aspects of all ocean industries - these can be found on the Topic Briefings page.
The Danish Institute for Human Rights' guidance for National Human Rights Institutions on how to engage with the Blue Economy.
External
Report: A Human Rights Due Diligence guide for companies in the fisheries value chain (Feb 24)
Guidance from the Danish Institute for Human Rights that aims to help companies in the fisheries value chain on human rights due diligence
A video from Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) on the Ororo -1 Well that has been burning for three years off the coast of Nigeria
Case studies of nine countries on indigenous and local community partnership in renewable energy
A useful overview of human rights risks and good practice examples for all companies involved in a ship's life from shipyard to scrapyard
A report from the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR), India
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ian Urbina discusses the many forms of human rights violations at sea
A report from CREER on human rights issues in Cartagena de Indias’ port and tourism sectors
Report by Danish Institute for Human Rights (in Spanish)
Report by Theresa Gigova on how businesses can tackle Fiji's entrenched gender inequality
Guidance on ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) by the Danish Institute for Human Rights
Research briefing detailing the prevalence of the illegal charging of recruitment fees among seafarers
A report from The International Pole and Line Foundation on how seafood companies meet human rights challenges whilst ensuring social equity for small-scale fisheries
Comprehensive report published by Frontiers that identifies areas of urgent action to protect and support ocean defenders
Guidance for Australian Businesses in Identifying, Managing, and Mitigating Modern Slavery Risks within Maritime Shipping
Meeting report from second SEAFAIRER industry roundtable in Singapore
Report by IHRB, SSI on progress against the Delivering on Seafarers' Rights Code of Conduct
Guide from the Danish Institute for Human Rights on international fisheries instruments.
Guidelines from Eksfin, the Norwegian export credit agency, for shipping related transactions, that are useful for wider shipyard due diligence
Commentary on progress since the launch of the Code of Conduct
Meeting report from a roundtable side-event at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon
Analysis, Implications and Recommendations (Working Draft) for NHRIs from the Danish Institute for Human RIghts
Podcast with Nautilus International's general secretary on updates to the Maritime Labour Convention
P&O Ferries in Deep Water: Labour Outsourcing is Not an Escape from Human Rights Responsibilities
