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Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea online platform launched on World Human Rights Day
Author: Human Rights at Sea
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USA: 2 cos. deny liability for deaths of 17 people after tourist boat sank in storm
Author: Matthew Haag, New York Times (USA)
"Operators in Fatal Duck Boat Accident Say They Owe Families Nothing, Citing Obscure 1851 Law", 18 Oct 2018...
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Investigation finds luxury yachts are used to smuggle migrants into EU; 8 Ukrainian smugglers arrested in Italy
Commentary: "The human rights responsibilities of commercial vessels when rescuing migrants at sea"
Author: Nikolas Feith Tan, Aarhus Univ. & Danish Institute for Human Rights, on Rights!
At least 14 dead in Ukraine after passenger boat capsizes in choppy waters
Author: Russia Today
At least 14 people have been killed after a ship taking passengers back from a fishing trip sank near Odessa, on the Black Sea coast. Authorities blame the owners of the vessel for going out despite weather warnings, and failing to provide life jackets...
Ukraine: 14 killed, 20 hospitalised after privately-owned boat capsizes; authorities say it was overcrowded, did not have enough life jackets
Overcrowded boat capsizes in Black Sea, killing 14 people
Author: Kyiv Post
A boat carrying 36 people capsized near the Black Sea city of Zatoka in Odessa Oblast...Fourteen people drowned, 18 of the surviving passengers were hospitalized. The boat was overloaded, the authorities say. The boat “Ivolga” was overturned by a wave...
Foreign fishing boat crew alleging abuse could be deported [New Zealand]
Author: TVNZ
The crew of a foreign fishing vessel could be deported…before their claims of abuse and intimidation can…be investigated. The Indonesian fishermen have received backing for their allegations by a group of Auckland academics who say they have found...
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Volga court sanctions arrests of two suspects in deadly ship tragedy [Russia]
Author: RIA Novosti
A district court in Kazan, the capital of Russia's Volga Republic of Tatarstan, ruled...to arrest two suspects in the Bulgaria tour ship tragedy, the Russian Investigation Department said. The twin-deck riverboat Bulgaria capsized and sank on the Volga...
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