Original scientific paper

CONFORMING CROATIAN RULES ON SEAFARERS’ IDENTITY DOCUMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL LAW SOURCES

Biserka Rukavina
Axel Luttenberger

Abstract

The paper deals with the complex legal problems concerning the seafarers’ identity documents and the activities of the International Labour Organisation in that regard. Analysing the attainments of the Convention on seafarers’identity documents from 2003, a particular consideration is given to their issuing procedure, their form and contents, the national electronic data-base, evaluation and labor monitoring as well as seafarers’ rights. Provisions of the act regulating the discharge (seaman’s) books, embarkation permits and port authorities’ competence to issue documents are discussed as well. The authors consider an impelling necessity for the Republic of Croatia to ratify the Convention on seafarers’ identity documents from 2003 conforming the national regulations to the international sources in agreement with the development of technology and the reinforced requirements for safety.

Keywords

seafarer’s identidy document; ratification; discharge (seaman’s) book; seafarers’ rights

Hrčak ID:

3958

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/3958

Publication date:

1.12.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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