Herbert Smith Freehills highlights HRAS Arbitration Tribunal Project

Press Release 27 July 2021 London. UK. The international law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, has highlighted the ongoing arbitration project work of Human Rights at Sea and Shearman and Sterling LLP in developing a new voluntary victim-led route to effective remedy for abuses suffered at sea by repurposing arbitration as the mechanism for...

World Oceans Day 2021 Webinar: Confronting the Human Rights Crisis in Fisheries with Arbitration

Press Release 8 July 2021 London. UK. / Paris. France. On 8 June 2021, on the occasion of this year’s United Nations World Oceans Day with the theme of: “Ocean: Life and Livelihoods”, Human Rights at Sea and global law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP held a webinar entitled “Confronting the Human Rights Crisis in...

Development of an Arbitration-based Mechanism for Resolution of Human Rights Disputes

Press Release 25 January 2021 HUMAN RIGHTS AT SEA ARBITRATION TAKES STEPS TOWARDS CREATION OF ARBITRATION-BASED MECHANISM FOR RESOLUTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DISPUTES London. UK. / Paris. France.  The Human Rights at Sea Arbitration initiative, a collaboration between UK-based independent charitable NGO Human Rights at Sea and the international arbitration practice of global law...

Lexis Nexis Law 360 publishes article on Human Rights at Sea Arbitration Project

Press Release Wednesday 26 August 2020 London. UK. LEXIS NEXIS Law 360 recently published an article written by Caroline Simson and edited by Jill Coffey on Human Rights at Sea and Shearman & Sterling Project  Arbitration as Means for Effective Remedy for Human Rights Abuses at Sea, drawing insights from the July Arbitration Webinar. ...

Yas Banifatemi speaks to Delos TAGTIME about Arbitration as a means of improving human rights protections at sea

Press Release 3 June 2020 Dr. Yas Banifatemi discusses “Arbitration as a means of improving human rights protections at sea”. Paris. France. Yas Banifatemi, partner at the international law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP and the Firm’s Global International Arbitration Practice Group Leader, today gave a detailed presentation for the seventh webinar episode on the topic...

French Version of new Human Rights at Sea Arbitration White Paper Published

Press Release 10 May 2020 London. UK / Paris. France. Following the joint launch by Human Rights at Sea and Shearman & Sterling LLP of the inaugural White Paper: ‘Arbitration as a Means of Effective Remedy for Human Rights Abuses at Sea’ on 24 March, today, the document is published in French to expand global...

White Paper Issued for Innovative Use of Arbitration and Human Rights on UN International Day

London, UK. Paris, France. On the UN International Day for the Right to The Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, the UK-based charity Human Rights at Sea, in partnership with global law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP, is today launching a jointly developed legal project to facilitate...

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