Title

The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006: A Legal Primer to an Emerging International Regime

Authors

Moira McConnell, Dalhousie University Schulich School of LawFollow
Dominick Devlin, International Labour Organization
Cleopatra Doumbia–Henry, International Labour Organization

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Description

The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006), adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2006, is the fourth pillar of the international maritime regulatory regime. It both fills a gap in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and complements the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) core conventions on ship safety, & security, training and pollution prevention.

Aimed at achieving both “decent work” for seafarers and fair competition for shipowners, the MLC, 2006 covers most aspects of maritime labour. It establishes an effective enforcement and compliance system with, for the first time, certification of seafarers’ working and living conditions on ships. With its interwoven labour and social rights and economic goals, the MLC, 2006 is an international legal instrument that will have a significant impact on approaches to labour standards in other globalized sectors.

Co-authored by international law practitioners and scholars with combined expertise in the public international law of the sea, maritime law, international labour law, and, more specifically, direct involvement with the development of the MLC, 2006 over nearly a decade, The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006: A Legal Primer to an Emerging International Regime discusses the MLC, 2006 within the contexts of labour and maritime law. It also includes an appendix with the full Convention text (and notes).

ISBN

978-90-04-18375-9

Publication Date

2011

Publisher

Brill

City

Leiden, The Netherlands

Keywords

Maritime Labour Convention, International Labour Organization, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, International Maritime Organization, Seafarer's Working Conditions, Ship Safety

Disciplines

International Law | Labor and Employment Law | Law | Law of the Sea

Comments

https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004183759.i-708

Recommended Citation

Moira McConnell, Dominick Devlin, & Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, eds, The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006: A Legal Primer to an Emerging International Regime (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2011).