Criminalization of Seafarers: Defining the Problem and Seeking Solutions
Seafarers are a special category of worker
requiring protection to ensure their fair treatment and well-being following a maritime accident.
Key Features:
Limitation of detention following an accident
to no longer than necessary for port or coastal states to proceed with
investigations expeditiously
All available means should be used to
preserve evidence to minimize the need for physical presence of the seafarer
and due consideration given to non-custodial alternatives to pre-trial
detention
Preservation of human and economic rights of
the seafarer including lodging and sustenance, wages and other benefits
Seamen are to be afforded “due process”
rights, including advising them of the right against self-incrimination and the
right to independent legal counsel and an interpreter
The seafarer is to be advised of the basis
for any detention
Port and coastal states are to provide
seafarers with the means to communicate in private to family, welfare
organizations, the shipowner, trade unions, the embassy or consulate and
legal representatives
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