Compendium of Maritime Labour Instruments

The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, animportant new international labour Convention,was adopted by the International LabourConference at its 94th (Maritime) Session.Sometimes called a bill of rights for seafarers,the Maritime Labour Convention,2006, sets out seafarers' rights to decentconditions of work and helps to establish conditionsfor fair competition for shipowners. Itwas designed as a global legal instrument thatwill become the fourth pillar of the internationalregulatory regime for qua