Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108) - Gibraltar

Article 2 of the Convention. Issuance of seafarers’ identity documents. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to provide information on the issuance of seafarers’ identity documents. It notes that the Gibraltar Maritime Administration does not currently issue these documents, which are issued by the United Kingdom.

Articles 5 and 6. Readmission to the territory and permission to enter a territory. The Committee had previously requested the Government to indicate how the requirements of these Articles of the Convention are complied with. It notes that the Government’s report provides no information in this regard. The Committee therefore once again requests the Government to indicate how it gives effect to Articles 5 and 6 of the Convention.

The Committee recalls that the Convention has been revised by the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185). It draws the Government’s attention to its general observation addressing the recent amendments to the annexes of Convention No. 185.