David Hammond
Ending Exploitative Recruitment Fees
Recruitment fees and related costs charged to individuals seeking work in the commercial shipping and fishing industries are unacc...
The Need for a Human Rights at Sea Declaration with Teeth
The recent publishing of our fifth annual Human Rights at Sea report on October 1, 2019 was another milestone in being able to pub...
Sea-Watch Captain Freed: A Victory for Humanitarian Rescue at Sea
Captain Carola Rackete has now been freed, but the European political controversy continues. The judicial decision delivered a...
Human Rights at Sea Annual Review 2018
Looking back over past annual reviews there is a common theme of highlighting what we can do better in addition to discussing our...
MV Liberty Prrudencia: A Gross Failure in Protecting Seafarers' Rights
I have great respect for the mental and physical tenacity of the remaining 13 Indian crew of the MV Liberty Prrudencia. At the tim...
Human Rights at Sea: An Annual Review
When asked to provide an annual review the temptation is to list every subjective 2016 success to polish the corporate image and p...
Human Rights: Stand Up for Someone
Today, we celebrate and promote Human Rights Day across the globe. This commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nati...
Human Rights: Why BP Should be Congratulated
By David Hammond, CEO and Founder of Human Rights at Sea As a maritime human rights charity for whom the topic of business and...