Open AccessCOVID-19 and seafarers’ rights to shore leave, repatriation and medical assistance: a pilot study
Author(s) -
Anish Arvind Hebbar,
Nitin Mukesh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international maritime health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.266
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2081-3252
pISSN - 1641-9251
DOI - 10.5603/imh.2020.0040
Subject(s) - repatriation , crew , covid-19 , business , pandemic , work (physics) , shore , medicine , political science , aeronautics , engineering , law , fishery , mechanical engineering , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology
The well-being of the world's 1.65 million seafarers is expected to be secured by the rights established under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006 with active monitoring of its implementation by the flag administrations through the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO). However, the substantial gains achieved since entry into force of MLC in August 2013 appear to have been severely dented by the COVID-19 global pandemic. The aim of the study was to examine, on a pilot basis, the disruptions and challenges to the observance of seafarers' rights to shore leave, repatriation and medical assistance as an immediate consequence of COVID-19.