Seafarers' Rights International Marks its First Anniversary
Thursday, September 29, 2011
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On the occasion of World Maritime Day, and exactly one year since its launch,
Seafarers' Rights International (SRI) offers its congratulations to the four
post-graduate law students who have successfully completed its new summer
vacation internship scheme.
The internship scheme crowns a year of achievement for SRI. During the past 12
months, it has recruited some of the best researchers from around the world to
conduct three major research projects; it has appointed key figures from
intergovernmental agencies, the legal fraternity and the broad maritime
industry to the Advisory Board, and it has launched a new web resource aimed at
seafarers and those interested in the rights of seafarers.
"It has been an exciting time," says Deirdre Fitzpatrick, SRI Executive
Director. "Since we launched SRI, we have worked hard to establish and develop
its reputation as a unique research centre committed to helping seafarers and
ultimately, to make shipping a better and safer industry for them.
"SRI is the first pan-industry initiative of its kind that brings together
expertise in the shipping industry and the legal world to advance the rights
and legal protection of seafarers," she added. "We see the internship scheme as
a key step towards achieving these objectives. At present, there are
insufficient opportunities for law students to pursue their education and
training in the field of seafarers' rights. We hope our internship scheme will
encourage the study of subjects around this particular field of law and that it
will build up the know-how and expertise on this subject."
The successful applicants for SRI's 2011 summer internship were from the
University of Southampton and the University of Westminster. They were
Nigerian-born Elijah Christopher Briggs; Julia Constantino Chagas Lessa from
Brazil; Belfast-born Christine Davey, and Serhan Handani from Southampton. With
the support of SRI's closely integrated team of lawyers and other specialists,
they worked on live research projects, including the criminalisation and
abandonment of seafarers.
As part of its commitment to deliver education and training in the law
concerning seafarers' rights, SRI offers two legal internship schemes: the
summer vacation scheme, for undergraduate and post-graduate law students, and
newly qualified lawyers; and the stakeholder-sponsored scheme, for members of
unions and welfare bodies, and practitioners who already deal with seafarers'
rights.
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