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.
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
Research briefing detailing the prevalence of the illegal charging of recruitment fees among seafarers
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
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
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
External
Report: Navigating Human Rights
A guide by DanishShipping to human rights due diligence and salient human rights issues in shipping
A code of conduct for shipping companies and charterers to improve the human rights and welfare of the world’s nearly two million seafarers
A self-assessment questionnaire that provides guidance for shipowners and operators on how to meet the Code of Conduct as well as how to track progress
Practical guidance that maps current regulations, business standards and best and emerging practices for shipping - one of a series
External
Practical Guidance for the UN Global Compact Sustainable Ocean Principles - Shipyards (Shipbuilding)
Practical guidance that maps current regulations, business standards and best and emerging practices for shipyards and in particular shipbuilding - one of a series
UN Global Compact's Maritime Transport and the COVID-19 Crew Change Crisis: A Tool to Support Human Rights Due Diligence
TFG's Francesca Mangano describes how a medium sized enterprise addressed seafarers' human rights during the pandemic
Highlights the voices of some of the seafarers at the centre of the Crew Change Crisis
Kate Pike discusses urgent efforts to address mental health of seafarers trapped at sea due to the pandemic
Jacqueline Smith of ITF discusses the 300,000 seafarers stranded due to the pandemic
TWC2 talks about crippling recruitment fees paid by migrant workers for low paid shipyard jobs in Singapore