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Voyages of Abuse
A. D. Couper
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Description for Voyages of Abuse
Paperback. An account of horrific human rights abuses in international shipping. Argues for the rights of seafarers, and international regulation. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPVH; KCF; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
This book details the deplorable conditions that exist in a minority sector of international shipping operating mainly, although not exclusively, under flags of convenience. In a horrific account of human rights abuses that would be little tolerated in the countries of the ship owners, the authors demonstrate that governments often pay little attention to cases of robbery, abandonment, deprivation and even death perpetrated by these ship owners or on vessels bearing their national flag. The financial and shipping institutions that support substandard ship owners are also prepared to ignore the plight of the individual seafarer serving on the ships under ... Read more
This book details the deplorable conditions that exist in a minority sector of international shipping operating mainly, although not exclusively, under flags of convenience. In a horrific account of human rights abuses that would be little tolerated in the countries of the ship owners, the authors demonstrate that governments often pay little attention to cases of robbery, abandonment, deprivation and even death perpetrated by these ship owners or on vessels bearing their national flag. The financial and shipping institutions that support substandard ship owners are also prepared to ignore the plight of the individual seafarer serving on the ships under ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745315409
SKU
V9780745315409
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-13
About A. D. Couper
A.D. Couper is former head of the Department of Maritime Studies and International Transport at the University of Cardiff and Director of the Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) in that department, the world's leading maritime studies centre. He has several years of shipping experience and has been a consultant with UN agencies, IMO, ILO, and UNCTAD. C.J. ... Read more
Reviews for Voyages of Abuse
'A fascinating book which avoids coming across as dry and academic. It is packed with facts and figures and allows the reader to see the real human cost of bad practices and problems seafarers can and have faced ... should also be of interest to anyone who is interested in the abuses faced by workers'
New Worker 'A useful ... Read more
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