The Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) promotes the safety, dignity and improved working environment for the men and women serving in North American and international maritime workplaces. Founded in 1834, the Institute is a voluntary, ecumenical agency affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Take a closer look…
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The Director of SCI’s Center for Seafarers’ Rights recently met with a special human rights commissioner for the Ukraine, home to thousands of the
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Encouraging Trends Against Somali Piracy July 30, 2012 SCI’s Center for Seafarers’ Rights Intern Benjamin S. Clark reports from a meeting last week of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia at the United Nations during which those present More...
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UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 2012 June 11, 2012 MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA 11 JUNE 2012 Douglas B. StevensonDirector, Center for Seafarers’ RightsThe Seamen’s Church Institute Thank you, More...
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March 6, 2012
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UN Contact Group Reveals Development
August 15, 2011
The UN Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia met during July to look at further ways to tackle piracy affecting seafarers traveling through the Gulf of Aden. SCI’s Douglas B. Stevenson...
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MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA 17 JUNE 2011 Douglas B. StevensonDirector, Center for Seafarers RightsThe Seamen’s Church Institute Mr....
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SCI Attends UN Contact Group Meeting
November 17, 2010
Earlier this month, Douglas B. Stevenson, Director of the Seamen’s Church Institute’s Center for Seafarers’ Rights, shared SCI’s piracy study with a working group on piracy at the United Nations...
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UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 2010
June 30, 2010
Meeting of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Delivered June 18, 2010 Douglas B. Stevenson Director, Center for Seafarers RightsThe Seamen’s Church Institute...
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Stevenson Addresses UN General Assembly
May 25, 2010
Douglas B. Stevenson, Director of SCI’s Center for Seafarers’ Rights, addressed a special session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, May 14, discussing maritime piracy’s impact on...
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SCI Joins IMO Deliberation on Piracy
May 21, 2010
SCI’s President & Executive Director seated with the Rev. Ken Peters from the UK’s Mission to Seafarers presenting SCI’s Piracy Trauma Study to a meeting of the IMO in London
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