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Spain signs up to Seafarers' Bill of Rights

12 February 2010

Spain has become the first European Union member state to ratify the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (the "Seafarers' Bill of Rights"), which sets out minimum rights for the world's 1.2 million seafarers. Spain, which currently holds the EU presidency, is the seventh country to ratify the Convention. The other states are: Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Norway and Panama.
 
The Convention needs to be ratified by countries representing at least a third of the world's gross fleet as one of the conditions for it to come into force. Spain's ratification brings that up to nearly 45%. The second requirement is that 30 countries should ratify. The ILO estimates that the Convention is on track to come into force by its fifth birthday in early 2011.

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