Professional paper
Seafarer’s identity document in the context of solution provided by international regulation and the Croatian law
Axel Luttenberger
; Pomorski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Biserka Rukavina
; Pomorski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Abstract
The paper evaluates intricate legal problems concerning the seafarer’s identity documents and the activity of the International Labour Organization in that regard. In analysing the achievements of the Seafarer’s Identity Documents Convention, 2003 a particular consideration is given to their issuing procedure, their form and contents, the national electronic data-base, labour and evaluation monitoring as well as seafarer’s rights. Requirements of the Croatian Ordinance regulating the seaman’s book, embarkation permits and port authorities´ competence to issue documents are also discussed. The authors considered an impelling need for the Republic of Croatia to ratify the Seafarer’s Identity Documents Convention No. 185 in order to align the domestic sources of law with international rules dealing with the development of technology and reinforcements for safety, provided that human rights of seafarers should be protected.
Keywords
seafarer’s identity document; , electronic data-base; ratification; seafarer’s rights
Hrčak ID:
20419
URI
Publication date:
18.1.2008.
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